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Course Schedule

The current schedule for the readings and topics the we expect to cover during each class listed below.  References to "CB" refer to the Wurman Administrative Law Casebook, "SU" to the 2025 Summer Update, and "HO" to Handouts for that class. For the official schedule please refer to the current syllabus.

Class 1 – August 25, 2026

Part I: Overview & Introduction

  • Overview of Administrative Law

  • Brief History of Administrative Law​​

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Required Reading​

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Class 1

Class 2 – August 27, 2026

Part II: Legislative Power

Congressional Delegation I

  • ​Early Cases

  • Delegation or Nondelegation the Founding?

  • Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan (1935)

  • Schechter Poultry​ Corp. v. US (1935)

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Required Reading

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Class 2

Class 3 – September 1, 2026

Congressional Delegation II

  • Yakus v. US (1944)

  • The Benzene Case (1980)

  • Mistretta v. US (1989)

  • Whitman v. American Trucking (2001)​​

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Required Reading​

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Class 3

Class 4 – September 3, 2026

Congressional Delegation II​I

  • Gundy v. United States

  • FCC v. Consumer Research

  • Debating Delegation

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Required Reading​

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Class 4

Class 5 – September 8, 2026

Major Question Doctrine I

  • NFIB v. OSHA

  • West Virginia v. EPA

 

Required Reading​

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Class 5

Class 6 – September 11, 2026

Major Question Doctrine II

  • Biden v. Nebraska

  • Debating Major Questions Doctrine

  • Update: President Trump's Tariffs & IEEPA

 

Required Reading​

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Class 6 v2

Class 7 – September 15, 2026

Separation of Powers​

  • INS v. Chadha

  • Bowsher v. Synar

 

Required Reading​

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Class 7

Class 8 – September 17, 2026

Part III: Executive Power

The Executive Power

  • What is the Executive Power?

  • The Executive Power not Royal Prerogative​​​

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Required Reading​

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Class 8

Class 9 – September 22, 2026

Appointments I

  • Lucia v. SEC

  • Morrison v. Olson

 

Required Reading​

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Class 9

Class 10 – September 24, 2026

Appointments II

  • ​Edmond v. United States

  • Kennedy v. Braidwood

  • “Acting” Executive Officials​

 

Required Reading​

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Class 10

Class 11 – September 30, 2026

Removal I

  • Myers v. United States

  • Humphrey’s Executor

  • Seila Law v. CFPB

 

Required Reading​

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Class 11

Class 12 – October 1, 2026

Removal II​​​

  • Collins v. Yellen

  • Trump v. Slaughter

  • Trump v. Cook

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Required Reading​

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Class 12

Class 13 – October 6, 2026

Presidential Direction & Control

  • Kagan, Presidential Administration

  • Wurman, The Original Presidency​

 

Required Reading​

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Class 13

Class 14 – October 8, 2026

Part IV: Judicial Power

Agency Adjudication

  • Chenery v. SEC (Chenery II)

  • Formal Adjudication Procedures

  • Overton Park

  • Pension Benefits Guaranty Corp. v. LTV Corp.​

 

Required Reading​

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Class 14

Class 15 – October 13, 2026 

Limits on Agency Adjudication

  • Atlas Roofing

  • Jones & Laughlin

  • Northern Pipeline​

 

Required Reading​

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Class 15

Class 16 – October 15, 2026 

The Seventh Amendment

  • CFTC v. Schor

  • Stern v. Marshall

  • SEC v. Jarkesy

 

Required Reading​

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Class 16

Class 17 – October 20, 2026 

Agency Factfinding

  • Universal Camera v. NLRB

  • Allentown Mack v. NLRB

  • ADAPSO v. Federal Reserve

 

Required Reading​

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Class 17

Class 18 – October 22, 2026 

Agency Reasoning

  • MVMA v. State Farm

  • Fox Television

  • DHS v. Regents

  • FCC v. Prometheus Radio

 

Required Reading​

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Class 18

Class 19 – October 27, 2026 

Legal Questions & Statutory Interpretation

  • Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

 

Required Reading​

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Class 19

Class 20 – October 29, 2026 

Part V: Due Process When Does Due Process Apply?

  • Londoner / Bi-Metallic

  • Goldberg v. Kelly

  • Constantineau / Davis

  • Roth / Sindermann

 

Required Reading​

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Class 20

Class 21 – November 3, 2026 

What Process is Due?

  • Due Process Revolution

  • Mathews v. Eldridge

  • Cleveland Bd. of Ed. v. Loudermill

 

Required Reading​

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Class 21

Class 22 – November 5, 2026 

Part VI: Reviewability

Causes of Action

  • ADPSO v. Camp

  • National Credit Union

  • FDA v. R.J.R. Vapor Co.

 

Required Reading​

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Class 22

Class 23 – November 10, 2026 

Preclusion of Review

  • Johnson v. Robison

  • Block v. Community Nutrition Institute

  • Bowen v. Mich. Acad. of Family Physicians

 

Required Reading​

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Class 24 – November 12, 2026 

Standing

  • Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife

  • Mass. v. EPA

  • SFFA v. Harvard

  • Lioness v. Lumpkin

 

Required Reading​

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Class 24

Class 25 – November 18, 2026 

Timing of Review

  • Sackett v. EPA

  • Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner

 

Required Reading​

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Class 25

Class 26 – November 20, 2026 

Universal Injunctions & Vacatur

  • Trump v. CASA

  • Corner Post (Kavanaugh, J. concurring)

 

Required Reading​

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Class 26

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