3.7: The Rise of the Administrative State
Contents
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Online Quarantine Lecture 2
Readings
See the Readings for today’s topics. A reminder, you are no longer required to read and email questions before class. You still need to do the readings for the weekly discussion (see below), and if you choose to join the livestream, I recommend reading before class if you want me to answer any questions in real time.
Class Livestream/Lecture Videos
Slides
Slides will be posted soon.
Sources and Readings from Slides
- Crovitz, L Gordon, 2009, “You Commit Three Felonies A Day,” Wall Street Journal (Sept 27, 2009)
- DeVore, Chuck, 2017, “The Administrative State Is Under Assault And That’s A Good Thing,” Forbes (Nov 27, 2017)
- Fields, Gary and John R Emshwiller, 2011, “Many Failed Efforts to Count Nation’s Federal Criminal Laws,” Wall Street Journal (July 23, 2011)
- Ford, Matt, 2020, “The Plot to Level the Administrative State,” The New Republic (Jan 14, 2020)
- Lawson, Gary, 1994, “The Rise and Rise of the Administrative State,” Harvard Law Review 107(6): 1231-1254
- Michaels, Jon D, 2019, “A Constitutional Defense of the Administrative State,” The Regulatory Review (Dec 17, 2019)
- Pestritto, Ronald, 2007, “The Birth of the Administrative State: Where It Came From and What It Means for Limited Government”, Heritage Foundation (Nov 20, 2007)
- Silvergate, Harvey A, 2011, Three Crimes a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent, Encounter Books
- Turnton, William, 2019, “How Our Administrative State Undermines The Constitution,” The Federalist (Feb 8, 2019)
- U.S. Constitution, see especially:
- Article I: Legislative
- Article II: Executive
- Article III: Judicial
- Amendments 5, 14
Choosing Future Topics
Please suggest topics by the end of the day!Again, you might wonder if it is related to Public Economics, and I assure you no matter what it is, I can probably find a way to relate it to public policy, concepts we’ve learned, or economics in a relevant and interesting way. Suggestions and actual class lectures in the past have included Blockchain, Net Neutrality, immigration, antitrust, political polarization, the sharing economy, nonprofits, etc.
Midterm
Your midtermYou can also find the link on the main schedule page.
is due by this Friday, March 27 at 8:00 PM by email.
Discussion Thread
The weekly discussion thread is posted on Blackboard.Go to this course on Blackboard, and on the blue toolbar on the left, go to Discussion Board.
You will have until Sunday 11:59 PM to comment on this week’s topics (based on lectures and readings), at which point I will evaluate your contribution for the weekly discussion grade. See my introductory post on the discussion board’s thread for more information.