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Institutional Design And The Lingering Legacy Of Antifederalist Separation Of Powers Ideals In The States, Jim Rossi
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
This Article applies comparative institutional analysis to separation of powers under state constitutions, with a particular focus on the nondelegation doctrine and states' acceptance of Chadha-like restrictions on legislative oversight. The Article begins by contrasting state and federal doctrine and enforcement levels in each of these separation of powers contexts. Most state courts, unlike their federal counterparts, adhere to a strong nondelegation doctrine. In addition, many states accept (de facto if not de jure) even more explicit and sweeping legislative vetoes than the federal system. The Article highlights the contrast of federal and state approaches by identifying their similarity with …
Chevron, Cooperative Federalism, And Telecommunications Reform, Philip J. Weiser
Chevron, Cooperative Federalism, And Telecommunications Reform, Philip J. Weiser
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Alj Final Orders On Appeal: Balancing Independence With Accountability, Jim Rossi
Alj Final Orders On Appeal: Balancing Independence With Accountability, Jim Rossi
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
This essay addresses how ALJ final order authority in many state systems of administrative governance (among them Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, and South Carolina) poses a tension between independence and accountability. It is argued that political accountability is sacrificed where reviewing courts defer to ALJ final orders on issues of law and policy. Standards of review provide state courts with a way of restoring the balance between independence and accountability, but reviewing courts should heighten the deference they give to the agency's legal and policy positions -- giving little or no deference to the ALJ on these issues -- even where …
Interpreting Indian Country In State Of Alaska V. Native Village Of Venetie, Kristen A. Carpenter
Interpreting Indian Country In State Of Alaska V. Native Village Of Venetie, Kristen A. Carpenter
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According to federal Indian law's canons of construction, statutes enacted for the benefit of American Indians and Alaska Natives must be liberally interpreted in their favor. But a doctrine of statutory interpretation presently challenges certain applications of the Indian canons. Announced by the Supreme Court in Chevron, U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., the doctrine requires that courts defer to administrative agency interpretations of ambiguous language in statutes they are authorized to administer. In instances where agencies construe statutes against Indian interests, Chevron deference and the Indian canons dictate opposite results for a reviewing court. This conflict muddles Indian …
The Democratic Deficit In European Community Rulemaking: A Call For Notice And Comment In Comitology, Francesca E. Bignami
The Democratic Deficit In European Community Rulemaking: A Call For Notice And Comment In Comitology, Francesca E. Bignami
Faculty Scholarship
Parliamentary democracy is the dominant paradigm in the European Community's democratic deficit debate.