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Latest Episodes

Jennifer Mascott on the Appointments Clause and Special Counsel Jack Smith
July 15, 2024

Jace Lington chats with Jenn Mascott about Judge Aileen Cannon's decision to dismiss the classified documents case against Donald Trump. They discuss the Appointments Clause and the broader context of

A Debate on The Right—Climate Lawsuits and Federalism: What Is the Role of State Tort Law?
May 17, 2024

This is a rebroadcast of apanel discussion from an event we co-hosted on May 15, 2024, with the Manhattan Institute and the Federalist Society. The panelists discuss whether state tort law is an appr

Federal Preemption and Environmental Regulation
May 03, 2024

This is a rebroadcast of the Gray Center's Federal Preemption and Environmental Regulation Webinar. We hosted this event on April 29, 2024, to discuss the issues involved in two pending cases where en

Paul Ray's Critique of the Expertise Rationale for Chevron Deference
March 08, 2024

Adam White and Jace Lington chat with former OIRA Administrator Paul J. Ray about his new paper, Lover, Mystic, Bureaucrat, Judge: The Communication of Expertise and the Deference Doctrines. In the

Equity and the Administrative State
March 01, 2024

The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State and the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy recently hosted a series of webinars ahead of a forthcoming symposium on Equit

Racial Classifications and Democratic Institutions
February 23, 2024

The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State and the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy recently hosted a series of webinars ahead of a forthcoming symposium on Equit

Disney v. Democracy
February 16, 2024

Jace Lington chats with Scalia Law Professor Donald J. Kochan about Florida and Disney. They discuss his recent paper applying public choice theory to Floridas Reedy Creek Improvement Act of 1967 and

Jed Shugerman's Major Questions About Emergency Powers and Standing
February 09, 2024

Adam White and Jace Lington chat with Law Professor Jed Handelsman Shugerman about lingering issues following the Supreme Courts decision in the Biden v. Nebraska student loan case. They discuss a re

Michael Ramsey’s Originalist Defense of the Major Questions Doctrine
February 02, 2024

Adam White and Jace Lington chat with Law Professor Michael D. Ramsey about how originalists can defend the major questions doctrine as a substantive canon of interpretation. He examines post-ratifica

Fixing Deference with Ronald A. Cass
January 26, 2024

Adam White and Jace Lington chat with Ronald A. Cass about the future of judicial deference to agency actions. They discuss Casss recent papers, Fixing Deference: Delegation, Discretion, and Deferen