02
May 2017
Past Event
Taming the Administrative State: Judicial Review and Non-Delegation

Taming the Administrative State: Judicial Review and Non-Delegation

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
May 02, 2017
The US Department of Labor building, May 3, 2013 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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The US Department of Labor building, May 3, 2013 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
02
May 2017
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Ron Cass

Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law & former Vice-Chairman and Commissioner, U.S. International Trade Commission

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Harold Furchtgott-Roth

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet

Many legal experts contend that the administrative state has grown out of control. It adjudicates more disputes than the federal courts, passes more “laws” than Congress, and controls vast amounts of resources both directly and indirectly. A variety of Constitutional features designed to impede the growth of unchecked discretion in the hands of unelected government authorities has failed to limit these developments.

Two legal doctrines in particular have fallen short of their objective to contain administrative rulemaking: guidelines on judicial review, now associated with deference doctrines, and limitations on the delegation of legislative powers. On May 2, Hudson Institute hosted the Honorable Ron Cass, dean emeritus of Boston University School of Law, for a discussion examining the role these doctrines should play, what has happened to them, and what might be done to revise and revive them. Hudson Senior Fellow Harold Furchtgott-Roth moderated the conversation.

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