Total run time:
16m
Who makes laws? Congress has power from Article I to create laws, yet the vast majority of laws today come from administrative agencies, who promulgate administrative rules with the force of law. Does administrative law undermine the enumerated powers in the Constitution? How does Congress oversee agencies? Do they exercise meaningful checks on agency power? Can or should Congress better control agencies?
Is a rule passed by an administrative agency essentially the same as a statute passed by Congress?
Professor Gary Lawson outlines the similarities and differences between the procedures of rule-making and legislating. Although rules and laws are pr
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Is a rule passed by an administrative agency essentially the same as a statute passed by Congress?
Professor Gary Lawson outlines the similarities and differences between the procedures of rule-making and legislating. Although rules and laws are promulgated in different ways, the legal force and effect of both are basically the same.
Professor Gary Lawson is the Philip S. Beck Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law.
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.
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Total run time:
16m
Course:
Total videos:
5
Difficulty:
Second Year