Gray Matters Podcast

Welcome to “Gray Matters,” a podcast focused on the issues being debated around the modern administrative state — some timeless ones, and some new ones. Here you will find audio from Gray Center events, and other interviews and debates with scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.

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Beau Baumann on the History of Legislative Constitutionalism
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  • Beau Baumann on the History of Legislative Constitutionalism

    Beau Baumann on the History of Legislative Constitutionalism

    Sep 24, 2024 • 00:52:53

    Adam White and Jace Lington chat with Beau J. Baumann about his historical research into the Offices of Legislative Counsel. They discuss his forthcoming paper, Resurrecting the Trinity of Legislative Constitutionalism, and how Progressive reformers...

  • Jennifer Mascott on the Appointments Clause and Special Counsel Jack Smith

    Jennifer Mascott on the Appointments Clause and Special Counsel Jack Smith

    Jul 16, 2024 • 00:32:31

    Jace Lington chats with Jenn Mascott about Judge Aileen Cannon's decision to dismiss the classified documents case against Donald Trump. They discuss the Appointments Clause and the broader context of the debate surrounding the special counsel...

  • A Debate on The Right—Climate Lawsuits and Federalism: What Is the Role of State Tort Law?

    A Debate on The Right—Climate Lawsuits and Federalism: What Is the Role of State Tort Law?

    May 17, 2024 • 01:08:02

    This is a rebroadcast of a panel discussion from an event we co-hosted on May 15, 2024, with the Manhattan Institute and the Federalist Society. The panelists discuss whether state tort law is an appropriate tool for addressing climate change and the...

  • Federal Preemption and Environmental Regulation

    Federal Preemption and Environmental Regulation

    May 3, 2024 • 01:26:51

    This is a rebroadcast of the Gray Center's Federal Preemption and Environmental Regulation Webinar. We hosted this event on April 29, 2024, to discuss the issues involved in two pending cases where energy companies have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to...

  • Paul Ray's Critique of the Expertise Rationale for Chevron Deference

    Paul Ray's Critique of the Expertise Rationale for Chevron Deference

    Mar 8, 2024 • 00:47:21

    Adam White and Jace Lington chat with former OIRA Administrator Paul J. Ray about his new paper, “Lover, Mystic, Bureaucrat, Judge: The Communication of Expertise and the Deference Doctrines.” In the paper, Mr. Ray critiques the expertise rationale...

  • Equity and the Administrative State

    Equity and the Administrative State

    Mar 1, 2024 • 01:29:09

    The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State and the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy recently hosted a series of webinars ahead of a forthcoming symposium on Equity and the Administrative State. This episode of...

  • Racial Classifications and Democratic Institutions

    Racial Classifications and Democratic Institutions

    Feb 23, 2024 • 01:31:17

    The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State and the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy recently hosted a series of webinars ahead of a forthcoming symposium on Equity and the Administrative State. This episode of...

  • Disney v. Democracy

    Disney v. Democracy

    Feb 16, 2024 • 00:58:25

    Jace Lington chats with Scalia Law Professor Donald J. Kochan about Florida and Disney. They discuss his recent paper applying public choice theory to Florida’s Reedy Creek Improvement Act of 1967 and why the special treatment Disney received from the...

  • Jed Shugerman's Major Questions About Emergency Powers and Standing

    Jed Shugerman's Major Questions About Emergency Powers and Standing

    Feb 9, 2024 • 01:02:55

    Adam White and Jace Lington chat with Law Professor Jed Handelsman Shugerman about lingering issues following the Supreme Court’s decision in the Biden v. Nebraska student loan case. They discuss a recent paper Shugerman presented at a Gray Center...

  • Michael Ramsey’s Originalist Defense of the Major Questions Doctrine

    Michael Ramsey’s Originalist Defense of the Major Questions Doctrine

    Feb 2, 2024 • 00:52:53

    Adam White and Jace Lington chat with Law Professor Michael D. Ramsey about how originalists can defend the major questions doctrine as a substantive canon of interpretation. He examines post-ratification court practice and other substantive canons...