George Mason
Law Review

The Origins of the APA: Misremembered and Forgotten Views

In the first weeks of the Trump Administration, a Harvard Law Review article warned that at-tacks on federal regulatory agencies—and calls for their closer judicial supervision—heralded a revival of the “anti-administrativism” that animated attacks on the New Deal in the 1930s. . . .

Avoiding Authoritarianism in the Administrative Procedure Act

In the 1930s and 1940s, while Congress deliberated how to control the exploding federal bureaucracy, authoritarian regimes grew overseas, raising the specter that the United States would follow suit. Many Americans viewed the New Deal as “dictatorial central planning” and feared that . . .

Why We Need Federal Administrative Courts

We in the United States pride ourselves on our independent judiciary, and rightly so. In certain respects, though, it is a bit of a myth. Apart from criminal proceedings and a small enclave of constitutional rights, virtually all disputes between citizens and federal agencies are decided by . . .