Explainer Episode 37 – The Defense Production Act During War and Peacetime
Regulatory Transparency Project's Fourth Branch Podcast
| Topics: | Administrative Law & Regulation • Law & Economics • Regulatory Transparency Project • Separation of Powers |
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| Sponsors: | Regulatory Transparency Project |
In this episode, J. Kennerly Davis, Jr., former Deputy Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia, discusses the historical origin of the Defense Production Act, the powers the Act gives to the president, and recent presidents' invocation of the Act in pursuit of public policy objectives.
Featuring:
- J. Kennerly Davis, Jr., Former Senior Attorney, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
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