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 26
Part I: Overview & Introduction
Overview of Administrative Law
Brief History of Administrative Law​​
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Required Reading
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CB 7-17 (skim)
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CB 22-33, 48-50, 55-59
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CB 1409 (Art. II § 1 cl. 1)
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CB 1411 (Art. II §§ 2-3)​​
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Supplemental Materials
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Class Recording (not yet available)**
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Constitution Annotated (Article II)​
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Class 2 – August 28
Part II: Legislative Power
Congressional Delegation I
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​Early Cases
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Delegation or Nondelegation the Founding?
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Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan (1935)
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Schechter Poultry​ Corp. v. US (1935)
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Required Reading
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CB 581-612
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​DS: Part I 1-28 (skim)
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Supplemental Materials
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Articles from Supplement:
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Mortenson & Bagley, Delegation at the Founding, 121 Colum. L. Rev. 227 (2021) (full article)
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Wurman, Nondelegation at the Founding, 130 Yale L. J. 1490 (2021) (full article)
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Mortenson & Bagley, Delegation at the Founding, 122 Colum. L. Rev. 2323 (2022) (full article)​​
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Class 3 – September 2
Congressional Delegation II
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Yakus v. US (1944)
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The Benzene Case (1980)
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Mistretta v. US (1989)
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Whitman v. American Trucking (2001)​​
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Required Reading​
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CB 612-41​
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Supplemental Materials
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Class 4 – September 4
Congressional Delegation II​I
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Gundy v. United States
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FCC v. Consumer Research
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Debating Delegation
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Required Reading​
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CB 641-62
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SU 1-15
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CB 662-79 (skim)
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Supplemental Materials
Class 5 – September 9
Major Question Doctrine I
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NFIB v. OSHA
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West Virginia v. EPA
Required Reading​
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CB 458-93
Class 6 – September 11
Major Question Doctrine II
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Biden v. Nebraska
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Debating Major Questions Doctrine
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Update: President Trump's Tariffs & IEEPA
Required Reading​
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CB 493-529
Class 7 – September 16
Separation of Powers​
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INS v. Chadha
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Bowsher v. Synar
Required Reading​
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CB 679-710
Class 8 – September 18
Part III: Executive Power
The Executive Power
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What is the Executive Power?
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The Executive Power not Royal Prerogative
Appointments I
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Lucia v. SEC
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Morrison v. Olson​​
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Required Reading​
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CB 711-30​
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Optional Reading​
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DS 43-46: Part II: Mortenson on Executive Power
Supplemental Materials​
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Mortenson, Article II Vests The Executive Power,
Not The Royal Prerogative, 119 Colum. L. Rev. 1169 (2019) -
Mortenson, The Executive Power Clause, 168 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1269 (2020)
Class 9 – September 23
Appointments II
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​Edmond v. United States
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Kennedy v. Braidwood
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“Acting” Executive Officials
Required Reading​
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CB 730-55
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SU 15-23
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DU 47-52 (Part III: Acting and Interim Officers)
Class 10 – September 25
Removal I
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Myers v. United States
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Humphrey’s Executor
Required Reading​
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CB 755-814
Class 11 – September 30
Removal II​
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Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB
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Seila Law v. CFPB
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Collins v. Yellen
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Trump v. Wilcox
Required Reading​
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CB 814-64
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HO: Trump v. Wilcox (FTC)
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HO: Trump v. Boyle (CPSC)
Class 12 – October 2
Presidential Direction & Control
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Kagan, Presidential Administration
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Wurman, The Original Presidency
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[Executive Order Cases]
Required Reading​
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CB 864-75
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CB 26-49
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HO: [Executive Order Cases]
Class 13 – October 9
Part IV: Judicial Power
Agency Adjudication
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Chenery v. SEC (Chenery II)
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Formal Adjudication Procedures
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Overton Park
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Pension Benefits Guaranty Corp. v. LTV
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Corp.
Required Reading​
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CB 241-74
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CB 279 (note 1)
Class 14 – October 14
Limits on Agency Adjudication
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Atlas Roofing
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Jones & Laughlin
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Northern Pipeline
Required Reading​
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CB 1411-12 (Art III ¶¶ 1-3)
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CB 899-938
Class 15 – October 16
The Seventh Amendment
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CFTC v. Schor
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Stern v. Marshall
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SEC v. Jarkesy
Required Reading​
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CB 1417 (7th amend.)
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CB 939-78