jtlew3.bsky.social
Admin law and anti-Trump litigation. Now: Deputy Legal Director, Governing for Impact. Then: DOJ’s Federal Programs Branch; Democracy Forward. Views my own etc.
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Throwback to Trump 1!
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This seems too strong--we can both acknowledge that the Trump administration's actions are exceptionally unreasoned and lawless, and acknowledge that the APA has been a stumbling block to effective agency governance, as this brilliant piece by @srf1802.bsky.social and Brad Lipton notes.
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For more on why these sorts of notices are unlawful and might be subject to challenge, here's our primer
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Stay tuned for more – if there’s a thorny question of administrative law that you’re interested in, we probably are too! 6/end
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Most recently, we saw the administration’s reported plans to slash federal regulations coming, with primers explaining why Trump can’t just refuse to enforce federal law or rescind rules without giving the public an opportunity to comment. 5/
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And we’ve been thinking through how to respond to the administration’s attempts to dismantle the administrative state, with work on both agency closures and agency relocations. 4/
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We’ve explained how DOGE’s basic structure and operations are illegal. 3/
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Immediately after the administration sought to freeze federal funding, we published a primer on why its actions broke the law, and have since published additional work on how folks might assert such claims in district court. 2/