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作者:Potter, Trevor
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作者:Pierce, Richard J., Jr.
作者单位:George Washington University
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作者:Feinstein, Brian D.
作者单位:University of Chicago
摘要:Those seeking to restore Congress's place as a co-equal branch should consider the architecture of the administrative state. Despite increased scholarly attention concerning both the design of executive agencies and Congress's role in governance, the impact of institutional features on executive agencies' susceptibiliy to congressional attention is largely unknown. Leveraging original data on committee oversight hearings, this Article explores the connections between various agency design feat...
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作者:Cass, Ronald A.
作者单位:Boston University
摘要:Today, administrative rules are far more numerous than the laws enacted by Congress, cover far more pages in the relevant legal codes, account for far more regulatory commands, and have profound effects on American economy and society. Although administrative rules can provide substantial public ben fit, legal constraints on the scope of administrative authoriy and on the processes by which it is employed provide critical protections. Courts, when asked, can review the legality of these rules;...
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作者:Mccaskey, Daniel
作者单位:American University
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作者:Summs, Jacqueline Hayley
作者单位:American University
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作者:Varona, Anthony
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作者:Chen, Ming H.
作者单位:University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
摘要:This Article provides a framework for understanding the role of the President as the Administrator-in-Chief of the executive branch. Recent presidents, in the face of heated controversy and political division, have relied on executive action to advance their immigration policies. Which of these policies are legitimate, and which are vulnerable to challenge, will determine their legacy. This Article posits that the extent to which the President enhances the procedural legitimacy of agency actio...
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作者:Richardson, Nathan
作者单位:University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要:Climate policy in the United States is near an inflection point. With Congress uninterested in new legislation, focus at the federal level for most of the last decade has been on the Clean Air Act, but whether regulation under that old statute can successfitlly address carbon emissions remains unclear. Under President Obama, the EPA has focused on two core programs-vehicle emissions standards and the Clean Power Plan, aimed at fossil fuel power plants. But with the latter of these programs und...