Stay ConnectedThe C. Boyden Gray Center for the Administrative State, at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, supports research and debate on the modern administrative state, and the constitutional issues surrounding it. In this podcast, we’ll discuss some of the questions being debated around modern administration — some new questions, some timeless ones. And you can also get the audio from Gray Center events.
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Adam White and Jace Lington, Research Director at the Gray Center, chat with Columbia Law School Professor Thomas W. Merrill about his new book: The Chevron Doctrine: Its Rise and Fall, and the Future of the Administrative State. They discuss theChevron doctrine, how to think about judicial review of agency interpretations of statutes, and the Supreme Court’s recent decision in West Virginia v. Source
Professor Jenn Mascott is joined by Chad Squitieri, associate at Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher LLP and Eli Nachmany, Senior Research Fellow at the C. Boyden Gray Center, to discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. EPA and what it means for the administrative state moving forward. Source
Boyden Gray, former White House Counsel and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, chats with Gray Center Co-Executive Director Jennifer Mascott, where he described how Congress has changed over the decades, talked about his experiences as a law clerk at the US Supreme Court and as White House Counsel, and spoke about Justice Clarence Thomas’s legacy on the Court. From the Gray Center’s May 25... Source
This panel discussion, from the Gray Center’s May 25 Capitol Hill Conference, consisted of a timely discussion on the leaked Dobbs draft opinion and the implications of this relating to the institution of the Supreme Court. It featured Hunton Andrews Kurth Special Counsel The Honorable Thomas B. Griffith, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Jeffrey B. Wall, Advisory Opinions podcast host Sarah Isgur... Source
This panel discussion, from the Gray Center’s May 25 Capitol Hill Conference, focused on how Congress can exercise effective oversight authority to get nonpublic information from the Executive Branch. It featured Sidley Austin LLP partner William R. Levi, Jones Day partner Hashim M. Mooppan, and was moderated by The Honorable Steven G. Bradbury, former General Counsel and Acting Secretary of the U. Source
Adam chats with AEI’s Peter Wallison and John Yoo about their new book: The Administrative State Before the Supreme Court: Perspectives on the Nondelegation Doctrine. They discuss common arguments about the nondelegation doctrine and whether the US Supreme Court is likely to start applying the doctrine to restrain administrative agencies. Source
Ed Whelan, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, chats with Paul D. Clement, 43rd Solicitor General of the United States, about Clement’s experience with religious liberty cases leading up to the 110th case he has argued before the US Supreme Court, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. Source
Attorneys Nathan Lewin, Erin E. Murphy, Mark Rienzi, and Marc D. Stern talk about upcoming religious liberty cases before the US Supreme Court in a panel discussion moderated by former Assistant Attorney General Steven A. Engel. The panelists debate the potential impact of Supreme Court rulings in those cases in addition to whether current approaches to protecting religious liberty are adequate to... Source
Matt Bowman of Alliance Defending Freedom, Andrea R. Lucas of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Roger T. Severino of the Ethics and Public Policy Center talk about developing policy challenges related to the free exercise of religion in a panel discussion moderated by D.C. District Court Judge Trevor N. McFadden. The panelists touch on issues like Covid-related limits on worship... Source
Adam chats with Wharton School Assistant Professor Brian D. Feinstein about his new paper, “Submerged Independent Agencies,” co-authored with the University of Chicago Law School’s Jennifer Nou. The paper covers hundreds of examples of administrative agency officials sub-delegating rulemaking powers to civil servants who are not appointed by the president, a court of law, or a department head and... Source
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