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The False Promise Of The "New" Nondelegation Doctrine, Jim Rossi, Mark Seidenfeld
The False Promise Of The "New" Nondelegation Doctrine, Jim Rossi, Mark Seidenfeld
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
This essay responds to claims that the "new" nondelegation doctrine, applied by D.C. Circuit Judge Stephen Williams in American Trucking Association, Inc. v. EPA, 175 F.3d 1027 (D.C. Cir. 1999), advances the rule of law. The Supreme Court has generally favored ex post over ex ante mechanisms for control of administrative action. Currently, for instance, courts apply arbitrary and capricious review, as a way to control agency decision making ex post. But the rule of law benefits of the "new" nondelegation doctrine are no greater than those delivered by the current means of ex post controls. The rule of law …