Total run time:
38m
The nature and scope of administrative rulemaking is a topic for ongoing debate. One of the main functions of administrative agencies is to create regulations. Over the past several decades, the volume of the Code of Federal Regulations far surpasses the laws passed by Congress. How are these agencies accountable to the American public? What are tradeoffs for relying on agency expertise instead of Congressional legislating? This series discusses how agency rulemaking works in practice: the scope of agencies' authority to write regulations, core processes of agency rulemaking (notice and comment rulemaking), the review and scrutiny that rules are subject to, and how agency rulemaking fits in with the democratic process.
Who drives the agenda at an administrative agency? Professor Christopher Walker discusses how an agency is composed of both political appointees and career civil servants. Both types of individuals are crucial to the work of the agency but contribute
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Who drives the agenda at an administrative agency? Professor Christopher Walker discusses how an agency is composed of both political appointees and career civil servants. Both types of individuals are crucial to the work of the agency but contribute to the mission in different ways. Can both of them be held accountable for agency actions?
Christopher J. Walker an Associate Professor of Law (with tenure) at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Director of the Moritz Washington, D.C., Summer Program. Professor Walker’s research focuses primarily on administrative law, regulation, and law and policy at the agency level.
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:
38m
Course:
Total videos:
11
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First Year
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