The legal principle that “No person may be a judge in his own cause” can...
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Chris Armstrong
Chief Oversight Counsel, Senate Committee on Finance
Biography
Chris Armstrong is Deputy Chief Oversight Counsel to Chairman Orrin G. Hatch on the Senate Committee on Finance. He previously worked for Chairman Dave Camp on the House Committee on Ways and Means and Senator Charles E. Grassley. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Federalist Society’s Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group. The views expressed herein are the author’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those of Chairman Hatch or the Finance Committee.
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Administrative agencies can't just "mak[e] it up as [they] go along."
In late May, Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. Court for the District of Columbia...
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Speaker Ryan's proposals for regulatory reform – a better way?
Last week, House Speaker Paul Ryan proposed a new regulatory reform plan he calls a...
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Author Response: Interpreting Peruta v. County of San Diego by Joseph Greenlee
Mr. Nichols, I appreciate your response, although I do believe it is misguided.I’ll address each...
A Costly Victory for Congress: Executive Privilege after Committee on Oversight and Government Reform v. Lynch
Chris Armstrong
Federalist Society Review, Volume 17, Issue 2
“[A] popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a...
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State Attorneys General and Climate Change Litigation Update
Today, stories on the Politico (subscribers only) and the Daily Caller websites report on subpoenas issued...
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DC Circuit Upholds FCC's Nearly Open-Ended Power to Regulate Broadband
On June 14, a 2-1 majority of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals gave absolute...
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Eminent Domain in North Carolina
The Supreme Court of North Carolina late last week issued an important eminent-domain decision, concluding...
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Interpreting Peruta v. County of San Diego
On June 9th, in Peruta v. County of San Diego, the Ninth Circuit held that...
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Will Campaign Finance Law Trump Delegate Autonomy?
In April, my colleagues at the Pillar of Law Institute were approached with informal questions about delegate...
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Williams v. Pennsylvania: Supreme Court Holds Judge Can't Hear Case He Once Prosecuted
The legal principle that “No person may be a judge in his own cause” can...