Panel II: The Executive Power, the Legislative Power, and the Administrative State

This year, the Harvard Federalist Society Chapter hosted the 43rd annual National Student Symposium at Harvard Law School. Symposium panels focused on fundamental questions about our nation’s constitutional structure and the allocation of power between the three branches of government, in keeping with the conference’s theme: Why Separate Powers?

Panel II: The Executive Power, the Legislative Power, and the Administrative State
Many critics of modern administrative law want a world where Congress does more things, and the executive does less—which would lead to relative stability across administrations. Simultaneously, many also want their vote in presidential elections to have meaningful policy consequences. Between these two competing intuitions lies a tension at the heart of much contemporary political strife, which, of course, has a great deal to do with who controls Congress and who controls the White House.

Featuring:
Eli Nachmany, Associate, Covington & Burling LLP
Prof. Julian Davis Mortenson, James G. Phillipp Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Prof. Jed Handelsman Shugerman, Professor of Law and Joseph Lipsett Scholar, Boston University School of Law
Prof. Christopher J. Walker, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Moderator:
Hon. Jennifer Walker Elrod, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit