Thank you to all the teams that participated in today’s administrative law trivia night and the winning team No Profs. For those who did not get a chance to participate, but want to test their trivia knowledge, here is the list of questions (and answers).
Friday, November 19: 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm ET With the ABA Administrative Law Section’s Fall Conference, we will be featuring a free panel discussing opportunities for law students and judicial clerks to find administrative law jobs with the federal government. Panelists will discuss how to find job openings, how to tailor applications to a […]
Thursday, November 18, 20216:00-8:00 PM ET Think you know administrative law? Join your colleagues for a night of trivia! Build your own team with friends or sign up to be placed on a team and meet new colleagues. This is a great opportunity to test your Administrative Law knowledge! Everyone participating will need to register, […]
Wednesday, July 28, 20217:30-9:30 PM ET Think you know administrative law? Join your colleagues for a night of trivia! Build your own team with friends and colleagues or sign up to be placed on a team and meet new colleagues. This is a great opportunity to test your Administrative Law knowledge! REGISTER: Register in advance for […]
My only contribution to recent posts on the transition and/or Secretary of War William Belknap’s impeachment may be that I likely have some relationship to William Belknap—my great-grandma’s maiden name was Belknap. However, what I can contribute is information about two great events hosted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Enforcement […]
The Internal Revenues Service (IRS) recently announced that it will delay tax season. Although it usually begins accepting tax returns in late January, this year it will not begin accepting taxes until Friday, February 12. The IRS cited the December 27 tax changes from the new stimulus as the reason. However, left unstated, the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) may have […]
Introduction Employment as a federal-government attorney offers a lot to desire. The government generally does not require the high hours of big law and provides high levels of responsibility. This article summarizes a recent panel at the Section of Administrative Law’s annual conference, where I explained the hiring process for attorney positions with the federal […]
President Trump just narrowly avoided a potential, third government shutdown during his presidency. As such, now might be a good time to examine the still ongoing dispute between Congress and President Trump regarding the legality of the Trump administration’s actions during the most recent government shutdown. Specifically, since the most recent shutdown in fiscal year […]
The week of the annual ABA Administrative Law Conference has arrived! This is the signature event of the ABA Administrative Law Section. As Chris Walker detailed in a prior post, we have a terrific set of panels and speakers this year. You can still register for the full two-day program here (or Thursday only here, or Friday only here). The […]
If current election results hold, it looks like Democrats will win the presidency, hold the House of Representatives, but lose the Senate (pending potential Georgia Senate runoff(s)). When the presidency most recently switched parties, congressional Republicans and President Trump extensively used the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to dissaprove Obama administration rules. Although Democrats may not […]
Despite the Paperwork Reduction Act’s (PRA) importance, it often does not get much attention. If the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is the most important office you’ve never heard of, then the PRA may be the most important function of OIRA you’ve never heard of. In addition to creating OIRA, the PRA requires […]
In response to health concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic, the House of Representatives changed its rules to allow proxy voting. Proxy votes would count for quorum and voting as if the representative were present in the chamber. So far, 74 representatives have indicated that they may vote by proxy. House Republicans have opposed proxy voting […]
The D.C. Circuit issued an opinion today in U.S. House of Representatives v. Mnuchin. The opinion holds that the House of Representatives has standing to bring a lawsuit against the Trump administration to prevent President Trump from building a wall along the border with Mexico. Although I have previously said that I believe the House […]
Recently, I wrote an article on (i) why the vote and time requirements to overcome a filibuster are such effective tools for the minority to oppose legislation and (ii) potential procedural options on how to eliminate the filibuster. Subsequent news reports have indicated that if Democrats were to win the Senate in the 2020 elections, […]
With the refusal of Congress to appropriate money to build a wall along the border with Mexico, Steve Bannon started a GoFundMe campaign to help pay for the wall. However, he allegedly used the funds raised as a personal piggy bank instead of actually spending the money to help pay for the wall. Even if […]