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The Nlrb In Administrative Law Exile: Problems With Its Structure And Function And Suggestions For Reform, Catherine L. Fisk, Deborah C. Malamud
The Nlrb In Administrative Law Exile: Problems With Its Structure And Function And Suggestions For Reform, Catherine L. Fisk, Deborah C. Malamud
Duke Law Journal
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A More Perfect System: The 2002 Reforms Of The Board Of Immigration Appeals, John D. Ashcroft, Kris W. Kobach
A More Perfect System: The 2002 Reforms Of The Board Of Immigration Appeals, John D. Ashcroft, Kris W. Kobach
Duke Law Journal
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The Parliament Of The Experts, Adrian Vermeule
The Parliament Of The Experts, Adrian Vermeule
Duke Law Journal
In the administrative state, how should expert opinions be aggregated and used? If a panel of experts is unanimous on a question of fact, causation, or prediction, can an administrative agency rationally disagree, and on what grounds? If experts are split into a majority view and a minority view, must the agency follow the majority? Should reviewing courts limit agency discretion to select among the conflicting views of experts, or to depart from expert consensus? I argue that voting by expert panels is likely, on average, to be epistemically superior to the substantive judgment of agency heads, in determining questions …
Federalism Accountability: “Agency-Forcing” Measures, Catherine M. Sharkey
Federalism Accountability: “Agency-Forcing” Measures, Catherine M. Sharkey
Duke Law Journal
This Article takes as its starting point the "agency reference model" for judicial preemption decisions, adopting the foundational premise that courts should take advantage of what federal agencies, which are uniquely positioned to evaluate the impact of state regulation and common law liability upon federal regulatory schemes, have to offer. The Article's main focus is on the federalism dimension of the debate: Congress's and federal agencies' respective ability to serve as loci of meaningful debate with state governmental entities about the impact of federal regulatory schemes on state regulatory interests. Notwithstanding the dismal track record of federal agencies, which seems …
Administration Of War, John Yoo
Chevron’S Mistake, Lisa Schultz Bressman
Chevron’S Mistake, Lisa Schultz Bressman
Duke Law Journal
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. asks courts to determine whether Congress has delegated to administrative agencies the authority to resolve questions about the meaning of statutes that those agencies implement, but the decision does not give courts the tools for providing a proper answer. Chevron directs courts to construe statutory text by applying the traditional theories of statutory interpretation-whether intentionalism, purposivism, or textualism-and to infer a delegation of agency interpretive authority only if they fail to find a relatively specific meaning. But the traditional theories, despite their differences, all invite courts to construe statutory text as …