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Political Oversight of Agency Decisionmaking
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  • Michael E. Herz, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Abstract

Administrative agencies are often said to possess (a) expertise and (b) accountability. These are the attributes that Justice Stevens relied on in Chevron, for example, to justify judicial deference to agency “interpretation” that is really policymaking. Both of these admirable characteristics are exaggerated, but neither is mythical. What is to be done, however, when they conflict?

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Article
Publication Date
1-23-2012
Publisher
Jotwell: The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)
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Citation Information
Michael E. Herz. "Political Oversight of Agency Decisionmaking" (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael-herz/111/