Administrative Law (JD Academic Unit)

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Syllabus

• Constitutional Foundations of the Administrative StateTopic

  Non-delegation doctrine (Schechter Poultry, J.W. Hampton; post-Gundy tension) · Appointments Clause (Buckley v. Valeo; Morrison v. Olson; Lucia v. SEC) · Removal power (Seila Law 2020; Collins v. Yellen 2021; single-director agency limits)

• RulemakingTopic

  Notice-and-comment (APA § 553): NPRM, comment, final rule · Formal rulemaking (APA §§ 556-557): rare, on-the-record · Informal/hybrid rulemaking; guidance documents and agency policy statements

• Agency AdjudicationTopic

  Formal adjudication (APA §§ 554, 556-557): ALJ hearings · Informal adjudication and due process (Mathews v. Eldridge balancing test) · Goldberg v. Kelly and constitutional minimum procedures

• Judicial Review — Scope and StandardsTopic

  APA § 706 scope of review: arbitrary and capricious (State Farm; Motor Vehicle Mfrs) · Hard look review; record requirement for informal rulemaking · Chevron deference: history, two-step, overruling by Loper Bright (2024)

• Judicial Review — AvailabilityTopic

  Standing: Article III (injury, causation, redressability) + APA zone of interests · Finality requirement (APA § 704; Bennett v. Spear) · Ripeness (Abbott Labs v. Gardner; fitness + hardship)

• Agency Discretion, Inaction, and EnforcementTopic

  Heckler v. Chaney: presumptive non-reviewability of enforcement decisions · OSHA v. MCI (unreasonable delay; TRAC factors) · Agency obligation to respond to petitions for rulemaking

• Information Law and TransparencyTopic

  Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): exemptions, reverse-FOIA · Government in the Sunshine Act; Federal Advisory Committee Act

• Azar v. Allina Health Services

  What must an agency do before issuing a final rule under APA § 553?

  139 S. Ct. 1804 (2019)
• PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc.

  What is the 'arbitrary and capricious' standard under APA § 706?

  139 S. Ct. 2051 (2019)
• Kisor v. Wilkie

  What was the holding in Kisor v. Wilkie regarding Auer deference?

  139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019)