Tom Merrill, one of the most cited legal scholars in the U.S., teaches and writes about administrative, constitutional, and property law, among other topics. Merrill has written scholarly articles and several Supreme Court amicus briefs on when and how much weight courts should give administrative interpretations of law in different contexts.
How the Supreme Court's Conception of Its Role Contributes to the Deformation of the Constitution
The Court's law-declaration approach not only departs from its dispute-resolution premise but risks yielding a faulty product.
