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Excited to share "Strategic Subdelegation," co-authored w/ Jennifer Nou & forthcoming in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… tl;dr- evidence that agency appointees strategically devolve authority to aligned civil servants to entrench their views 🤯

Now in print - Harvard Business Law Review and papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… Pairs well with the banking agencies' new 1494-page Community Reinvestment Act final rule.

Not just a great scholar, Vince Buccola also is an exceptional colleague: incisive in workshops, thoughtful & thorough in commenting on drafts, and just a mensch all-around. Our loss, UChicago Law School's gain.

Now in print! ilr.law.uiowa.edu/volume-109-iss… Commissioners across the administrative state are resigning earlier & earlier in their terms, which enervates these comm'ns.➡️Threats to the power & independence of regulatory agencies do not come solely from the political branches & courts.

Now in print UChicago Law Review- the results of a survey experience to elicit ppl's views on what structures/processes contribute to agencies' perceived legitimacy. Tired: presidential influence over agencies Wired: empowering politically insulated experts papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Thanks to the inimitable Lawrence Solum for recommending "The Market Value of Partisan Balance" on Legal Theory Blog Daniel Hemel Northwestern University Law Review

🚨now on @ssrn- SCOTUS claims that increasing the President's power over agencies makes those agencies more accountable to the American people. A set of experiments reveals that regular people - the purported object of this claim - do not agree. 🧵

I'm grateful for this recognition from AALS Adlaw Section and humbled to be included among the group of past recipients.

My colleagues voted to grant me tenure. I'm grateful to countless mentors & friends Brown University HARVARDGOVERNMENT Harvard Law School UChicago Law School The Wharton School (plus some anonymous letter-writers!) Tenure in academia is a privilege. I will strive to use it well.

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