Environmental Law in the Administrative State

September 16, 2016

This Conference is certified for 5.0 credits of Virginia CLE

8:15 – 9:30 am – Panel 1: Standing for States and Environmental Harms – Click here to watch the video of the full panel!

Jonathan R. Nash, Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law
Shannon Roesler, Professor of Law, Oklahoma City University School of Law
Stephen I. Vladeck, Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law
Patrick Wyrick, Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General of Oklahoma

Moderator: Elizabeth Price Foley, Professor of Law, Florida International University College of Law

9:45 – 11:00 am – Panel 2: Energy Institutions and Analysis – Click here to watch the video of the full panel!

James W. Coleman, Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Daniel Lyons, Associate Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
Uma Outka, Associate Professor, University of Kansas School of Law
Ashley C. Parrish, Partner, King & Spalding LLP

Moderator: Caroline Cecot, Legal Fellow, Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University

11:15 am – 12:30 pm – Panel 3: Challenging the Clean Air Act – Click here to watch the video of the full panel!

Jonathan H. Adler, Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and Director, Center for Business Law and Regulation, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
William W. Buzbee, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
E. Donald Elliot, Senior Of Counsel, Covington& Burling LLP and adjunct Professor, Yale Law School
Nathan D. Richardson, Assistant Professor of Law, University of South Carolina School of Law

Moderator: Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Bracewell LLP

1:20 – 2:35 pm – Panel 4: Ghost Rules, Agency Action, and Regulatory Shadow-Boxing – Click here to watch the video of the full panel!

Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Clyde Wayne Crews, Vice President for Policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Lincoln L. Davies, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Richard J. Pierce, Jr., Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington Universiy Law School
Amy J. Wildermuth, Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah

Moderator: Neomi Rao, Director, Center for the Study of the Administrative State and Associate Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

Discussed Research Papers

• Is the Clean Air Act Unconstitutional? Coercion, Cooperative Federalism, and Conditional Spending after NFIB v. Sebelius
  Jonathan Adler, Case Western Reserve University School of Law & Nathaniel Stewart, Visiting Fellow, Buckeye Institute for Public Policy
• Environmental Review of Pipelines, Energy Transport, & Global Energy Markets
  James W. Coleman, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University
• Ghost Rules
  Lincoln Davies & Amy Wildermuth, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
• Protecting States in the Brave New World of Energy Federalism
  Daniel Lyons, Boston College Law School
• Safety Valve – The Resurgent “Major Questions” Doctrine
  Nathan Richardson, University of South Carolina School of Law
• Standing After Scalia
  Stephen Vladeck, University of Texas School of Law