Summary: Has Congress has over-delegated to agencies and failed to provide meaningful oversight? Should Congress coordinate its oversight responsibility with its appropriations authority? Are the courts, in the wake of the Chevron case, and most recently in City of Arlington, deferring too much to agencies? Are the President and White House able to provide oversight, and does the answer change for cabinet-level departments versus independent agencies? -- The Administrative Law & Regulation Practice Group hosted this panel on "Executive Branch Gone Wild? 21st Century Checks and Balances" on Saturday, November 16, during the 2013 National Lawyers Convention. -- Featuring: Prof. Jonathan H. Adler, Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and Director, Center for Business Law and Regulation, Case Western Reserve University School of Law; Prof. Rachel E. Barkow, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy, New York University School of Law; Hon. Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General, West Virginia; Prof. David Schoenbrod, Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute and Trustee Professor, New York Law School; and Prof. Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law; Director of the Environmental Law Advocacy Center and Executive Director, Project for Older Prisoners, The George Washington University Law School. Moderator: Hon. Eileen J. O’Connor, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and former Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice.
