FedSoc Blog

Will OIRA Extend its Review to Independent Agencies?

• Eileen J. O'Connor,
• Susan E. Dudley

At the Federalist Society’s Sixth Annual Executive Branch Review Conference, Office of information and Regulatory Affairs ("OIRA")...

Yes, Judge, We Do Think About Reviewability

• Brian F. Mannix

At the Federalist Society’s Executive Branch Review Conference on April 17, DC Circuit Judge Laurence...

Developments on Juliana v. United States

• Damien Michael Schiff

To what extent should the courts be involved in directing the federal government’s response to...

Docket Watch: Maine Senate v. Secretary of State

• Joshua D. Dunlap

In Maine Senate v. Secretary of State, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (referred to as...

Restoring the Constitutional Congress

• C. Boyden Gray

The Federalist Society's Article I Initiative Writing Contest recently sought submissions from across the country...

Faulty Union “Math” Doesn’t Add Up to a Public-Sector Right to Strike

• Raymond J. LaJeunesse

An April 5, 2018, post on Onlabor.org [https://onlabor.org/will-masterpiece-cakeshop-and-janus-create-a-first-amendment-right-to-strike-for-teachers/] argues that, if the U.S. Supreme Court rules for...

South Dakota v. Wayfair: Concerns and Consequences for State Taxation and Online Commerce from Oral Argument

• Andrew J. Pincus

When the Supreme Court granted review in South Dakota v. Wayfair, the conventional wisdom was...

Live Stream: Sixth Annual Executive Branch Review Conference

This page will update throughout the day to show live panels and addresses. To directly...

Docket Watch: Alamo Heights Independent School District v. Clark

• Mark S. Pulliam

Texas’s employment discrimination statute (the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act, codified in the Texas...

Public Lands: Pride, Place, Proximity & Power

• Donald J. Kochan

Professor Donald Kochan has a new article on public lands and federalism just published in...