Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Let’s get straight to business. Panel Nixes Rail Reg over Agency Pretext The biggest development last month was the Ninth Circuit’s inaugural application of *pretextual review* as established by the Supreme Court in […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Let’s get straight to business. FTC Gets Yellow Card over Post-Lucia Constitutional Concerns  After Free Enterprise Fund and Lucia, the constitutionality of independent agency adjudications became an open question. This legal uncertainty, in turn, engendered a spate of original actions […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Let’s get straight to business. Preliminary Panels: Politics by Other Means? In normal times, injunctive relief is an “extraordinary remedy.” Over the last four years, by contrast, such relief became routine in the Ninth Circuit. While […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Today’s post marks the second anniversary of this series. Let’s get straight to business. CA9’s En Banc Process Is Broken . . .  A major purpose of en banc proceedings is to bring uniformity to appellate law. It is somewhat ironic, therefore, that the Ninth […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Let’s get straight to business. When Trump Is Gone, Will CA9 Start Abnegating? If you’re an anti-administrativist, it’s been a great four years in CA9. During the Trump-era, the Ninth Circuit filled the Federal Reporter with orders […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Last month, I was off studying for the bar, which I ultimately didn’t take because I exercised an 11th hour diploma privilege. Let’s get straight to business.  Census Case, Part 1: Final Agency Action?   Department of Commerce v. […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Let’s get straight to business.  Border Wall Panel Makes Doctrinal Hash of APA Review  One of the 1946 APA’s achievements was to simplify suits against the government. To this end, the Act provides a waiver of […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Let’s get straight to business. CA9 Chooses Wrong Controversy to Grow Judicial Review of President’s Statutory Powers  Courts must set aside agency action that is unreasonable. But when reviewing the president’s statutory powers, courts don’t check […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Let’s get straight to business. April Was the Cruelest Month (for Law’s Abnegation) Does law’s arc bend steadily toward deference? Or does law invariably bend the knee to value preferences? These questions animate this section.  In late […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Let’s get straight to business. A Divided Court Cannot Stand Every month, I read at least one indignant—and often incredulous—dissent in a major immigration controversy before the Ninth Circuit. March was no exception.  Early in the […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Let’s get straight to business. The Ninth Circuit’s Shadow Silly Docket Of late, there’s been a lot of talk about the Supreme Court’s sinister sounding “shadow docket”—that is, orders and decisions issued by […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Let’s get straight to last month’s cases. Big Doctrinal Leap on “Competitor’s Standing” Continuing with Aaron’s theme from last Friday, this month’s lead story addresses the doctrinal leap taken by the Ninth Circuit […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Let’s get straight to last month’s cases. The Supreme Court’s Evolving Doctrine on “Jurisdictional Rules” Has Huge Implications for the APA Given that Article III courts have a duty to police their own […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Let’s get straight to last month’s cases. Isn’t Textual Ambiguity a “Yes” or “No” Question? In Kisor v. Wilkie, the Supreme Court purportedly upheld the Auer doctrine of judicial respect for an agency’s […]

Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed, your monthly recap of administrative law before arguably “the second most important court in the land.” Let’s get straight to last month’s cases. Unanimous Panel Puts Ninth Circuit’s Stamp on Kisor v Wilkie Administrative law doctrines develop in lower courts within the boundaries set from above by the Supreme […]