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Author: Shane Pennington

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Fifth Circuit Review–Reviewed: Workin’ Overtime

Happy to be back with another Fifth Circuit Review—Reviewed! Courts are often asked to decide whether an agency regulation is based on a permissible construction of the statute the agency administers. In those cases, the court must, of course, interpret the statute to decide whether the regulation exceeds the agency’s authority. Other times, though, courts […]

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Fifth Circuit Review – Reviewed: New Look, Same Great Taste!

Welcome to another installment of Fifth Circuit Review – Reviewed. Earlier this month, the Fifth Circuit shocked the world. My former (and totally amazing) boss, Evan A. Young, summed up the historic moment: In need of guidance, #AppellateTwitter looked to their fearless leader, Raffi “@RMFifthCircuit” Melkonian, who soon delivered the official confirmation: Not everyone was […]

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Fifth Circuit Review–Reviewed: Halloween Edition

Two things I love: administrative law and scary movies. No matter how busy I am, I try to watch a couple of really good scary movies each year around Halloween. I haven’t watched any yet this year, though, so if you have recommendations, please let me know. Anyway, while preparing this Fifth Circuit Review–Reviewed, I […]

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Fifth Circuit Review – Reviewed: Judge Smith Listens To Strict Scrutiny (UPDATED March 17, 2020)

UPDATE: My original post, which appears unchanged below, confidently declares that Judge Smith’s invocation of the slogan “stare decisis is for suckers” in his CFPB v. All Am. Check Cashing dissent shows that Judge Smith listens to Strict Scrutiny. Since then, I received this helpful note from Professor Jonathan H. Adler, explaining why he doubts […]

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Some Thoughts on How Kisor and Chevron Differ

Cases decided in Kisor‘s wake are already applying the new deference framework in the Chevron context. See, e.g., Braeburn Inc. v. FDA, 389 F. Supp. 3d 1 (D.D.C. 2019); E. Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr, 385 F. Supp. 3d 922, 939 (N.D. Cal. 2019), order reinstated, 391 F. Supp. 3d 974 (N.D. Cal. 2019). I wish they’d knock it off, though. As […]

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Fifth Circuit Review-Reviewed: Article III Cowboy Hat Tips and D.C. Circuit Exceptionalism

After a longer-than-I-would-have-liked break, I’m back with another installment of Fifth Circuit Review—Reviewed. This post will be longer than usual because so much has happened since my last update. I think I’ll start where Aaron Nielson’s most recent D.C. Circuit Review—Reviewed left off. Aaron discussed Judge Tatel’s opinion in Save Jobs USA v. DHS, No. 16-5287 (D.C. Cir. […]