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The lack of Senate-confirmed officers at DHS is a serious problem.
The lawsuit raises a variety of important issues, including a nondelegation challenge. It could turn out to be a very significant case.
On the penultimate day of the October 2019 term, the Supreme Court expands the ministerial exception and upholds exemptions to the contraception coverage mandate.
In a decision considering federal limitations on robocalls, the Supreme Court reaffirmed its longstanding approach to severability.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejects a procedural trick used by FERC to avoid judicial review.
If the U.S. Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission disagree, does the case belong in federal court?
Professor Christopher Walker explores a potential wrinkle in the DACA decision.
Professor Zach Price on the Chief Justice Roberts' Decision in Dept. of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California
In what appears to be a quite narrow ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts holds that if Trump wants to get rid of DACA, he'll have to try again.
A unanimous panel concludes the Department of Health and Human Services Lacked Statutory Authority to Impose the Rule
A local judge has concluded the State Health Director likely exceeded her powers under the Ohio Constitution
An under-the-radar environmental lawsuit could provide the Supreme Court another opportunity to revive the nondelegation doctrine.
In a brief exchange during a recent oral argument, the Justice suggested the Court should reconsider giving states "special solicitude" under Massachusetts v. EPA
We submitted another strange bedfellows amicus brief on severability in the Texas ACA case.
Why does it matter is a federal agency is independent of Presidential control? Ask the Department of Defense.
CNN reports that Attorney General Barr is (again) voicing opposition to DOJ's argument that zeroing out the mandate penalty should upend the entire law.
A review of Richard Epstein's latest book: The Dubious Morality of Modern Administrative Law
The NLRB's prosecution of a conservative journalist should be worrisome.
A Symposium at The Regulatory Review engages with "Delegation and Time," and the question of whether Congress is capable of addressing nondelegation concerns.
A high-profile gun case actually presents meaty questions of administrative law
Today's cert grant is based on the importance of the case, not the quality of the arguments
An important and thoughtful opinion that potentially invalidates Trump Administration refugee and asylum policies.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could be completely independent of the next occupant of the White House.
In which the Board of Immigration Appeals decides it can ignore appellate court rulings and is nearly held in contempt.
An interesting amicus brief by Professor John Harrison in Seila Law LLC v. CFPB
A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit finds the plaintiffs lack Article III standing in Juliana v. U.S.
Newly released data suggests Census analysts dramatically over-estimated the extent to which a citizenship question would discourage responses.
As if there wasn't enough going on this week, a federal appellate court issues a significant (and significantly flawed) ruling in the latest Obamacare challenge
A federal lawsuit demands that the government honor its appeals process regarding the costs it imposes on the annual event.
Oral argument was in July, so why hasn't the court issued an opinion yet?
If a case warrants an expedited appeal, the Justice Department should act like it.
Judge Bybee's concurrence in decision rejecting challenge to "public charge" rule raises concerns about Congress's abdication of responsibility on immigration policy.
The Supreme Court will not rehear Gundy v. United States, but Justice Kavanaugh seems ready to revisit the doctrine.
How the FDA lost, and gained, jurisdiction over cigarettes -- to a Newfoundland fishing-boat tune
The Supreme Court will consider a constitutional challenge to the composition of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
In a lengthy opinion, a divided three-judge panel turns away most of the legal challenges to the Federal Communications Commission's "Restoring Internet Freedom" Order
Tools exist to modify the incentives for legislative action, and Congress could deploy some of those tools itself to encourage more regular reauthorization and modernization of federal regulatory programs.
Will the courts ever be willing to curb excessive delegation? If not, could Congress learn to constrain itself?
The Supreme Court reined in Auer deference. Will lower court get the message?
Sometimes it is not the breadth of legislative delegation that is a problem, so much as it is the age (and potential obsolescence) of such delegation, and that's something Congress should learn to address.
The ruling comes after a long string of losses blocking other administration efforts to deny federal law enforcement funds to sanctuary jurisdictions. The different result in this case is largely a product of the unusual nature of the program involved.
The ruling upholds a trial court decision holding that the president cannot divert military funds to builds his proposed border wall.
What's the difference between the plurality's and the (quasi-)dissent's positions? The ability of agencies to overrule court interpretations in the future.
The Court's four liberal justicces joined the majority in all three of today's Supreme Court's decisions
Today's ruling in Gundy v. United States allows Congress to delegate to the executive broad power to create new criminal offenses. But there is hope the Court might reconsider Gundy in the future.
Concern about Chevron Deference Would Be Better Focused on Delegation
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Gorsuch suggests it's a good thing when parties don't rely upon the Chevron doctrine.
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