Agency Adjudication

Participation of Senate-Confirmed Officials in Administrative Adjudication

Participation of Senate-Confirmed Officials in Administrative Adjudication

A new report to ACUS makes recommendations for how Senate-confirmed officials should participate in adjudication.

Seeking Continuous Improvement to the Administrative Process

Seeking Continuous Improvement to the Administrative Process

ACUS identifies best practices for agency guidance, adjudications, and responses to constituent service requests.

The Flaws in Jarkesy and Why Certain Civil Penalties May Survive

The Flaws in Jarkesy and Why Certain Civil Penalties May Survive

Scholar argues that civil penalties under environmental laws may survive Seventh Amendment challenges.

SEC Adjudication of Securities Fraud Held Unconstitutional

SEC Adjudication of Securities Fraud Held Unconstitutional

The Court rules that the Seventh Amendment applies to some SEC enforcement actions, but questions remain.

What Is Left of Agency Adjudication After Jarkesy?

What Is Left of Agency Adjudication After Jarkesy?

A Supreme Court decision seemingly limited to securities fraud could imperil regulatory adjudication broadly.

The Supreme Court’s 2023-2024 Regulatory Term

The Supreme Court’s 2023-2024 Regulatory Term

Scholars and practitioners assess the Court’s most significant regulatory decisions of its recently concluded term.

Improving Timeliness in Agency Adjudication

Improving Timeliness in Agency Adjudication

Agencies should investigate the factors affecting adjudication timeliness and subsequently adopt the appropriate ACUS recommendations for improvement.

ACUS Adopts Recommendations For Best Practices in Informal Adjudication

ACUS Adopts Recommendations For Best Practices in Informal Adjudication

A new recommendation aims to improve fairness of federal administrative adjudication.

A Right to a Better Decision

A Right to a Better Decision

Public preferences for human decisions may give way in time to calls for governmental decisions made by artificial intelligence.

Building Empathy Into an Automated State

Building Empathy Into an Automated State

A government that increasingly operates on the basis of artificial intelligence will still need to supply human empathy.

Online Processes in Agency Adjudication

Online Processes in Agency Adjudication

Agencies can improve their adjudicatory processes by broadening access to their electronic case management systems.

Constitutional Challenges to Agency Adjudication

Constitutional Challenges to Agency Adjudication

The Supreme Court grants district-court jurisdiction in an opinion hampering agencies’ adjudicatory authority.