Kevin M. Stack

Vanderbilt University - Law School

Associate Dean for Research; Professor of Law

131 21st Avenue South

Nashville, TN 37203-1181

United States

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Reflections on Seminole Rock: The Past, Present, and Future of Deference to Agency Regulatory Interpretations

Yale Journal of Regulation, Notice & Comment Blog, Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2847668, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-41, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-38
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 07 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2017
Aaron L. Nielson, Sanne H. Knudsen, Amy J. Wildermuth, Aditya Bamzai, Richard J. Pierce, Cynthia Barmore, William Yeatman, William Yeatman, Christopher J. Walker, Kevin M. Stack, Andy Grewal, Steve R. Johnson, F. Andrew Hessick, Jonathan H. Adler, Catherine M. Sharkey, David Feder, Cass R. Sunstein, Adrian Vermeule, Ronald M. Levin, Kevin O. Leske, James Cleith Phillips, Daniel Ortner, Gillian E. Metzger, William Funk, Kristin E. Hickman, Jeffrey A. Pojanowski, Adam White and Conor Clarke
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School, University of Washington - School of Law, University of Pittsburgh - School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, George Washington University Law School, Independent, Cato InstituteGeorgetown University, Law Center, University of Michigan Law School, Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Iowa - College of Law, Florida State University - College of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, New York University School of Law, Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School, Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law, University of Dayton School of Law, Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Utah Supreme Court, Columbia University - Law School, Lewis & Clark Law School, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law, Notre Dame Law School, American Enterprise Institute and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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Administrative Agencies, Seminole Rock, Auer, What Is New in Administrative Law, Deference, Chevron

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The Divergence of Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 21 Mar 2004
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Interpreting Regulations

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 111, No. 3, 2012, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 12-38
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 09 Nov 2012
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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interpretation, purposivism, textualism, regulation, Hart & Sacks, Legal Process, Chevron, Auer, Seminole Rock, Accardi, interpretive theory, hard look review

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Internal Administrative Law

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 115, No. 8, 2017, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-586, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 18-08
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 06 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2018
Gillian E. Metzger and Kevin M. Stack
Columbia University - Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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The President's Statutory Powers to Administer the Laws

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 106, No. 2, pp. 263-323, March 2006, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 152
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 03 May 2006
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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presidential power, directive authority, judicial review of presidential action, Chevron deference, unitary executive

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The Statutory President

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 90, No. 539, 2005, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 123
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 14 Jul 2005
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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The One Percent Problem

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 111, 2011, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-25, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 11-21
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 18 May 2011
Kevin M. Stack and Michael P. Vandenbergh
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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climate change, risk regulation, de minimis, carbon disclosure, budgeting, one percent, climate change policy, carbon tax, PAYGO, GHG, GHG disclosure, GHG budgeting, behavioral science, risk perception

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The Story of Morrison v. Olson: The Independent Counsel and Independent Agencies in Watergate's Wake

PRESIDENTIAL POWER STORIES, Christopher H. Schroeder & Curtis A. Bradley, eds., 2009, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 09-06
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 11 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2009
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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independent agency, unitary, unitary executive, Chadha, Morrison v. Olson, Reagan, removal, separation of powers

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Purposivism in the Executive Branch: How Agencies Interpret Statutes

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 109, No. 4, 2015, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 15-26
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 07 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2015
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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agency statutory interpretation, purposivism, textualism, statutory interpretation, legal process, Chevron, State Farm, presidential control of agencies

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The Constitutional Foundations of Chenery

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 116, 2007
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 02 Apr 2007
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Chenery, judicial review of agency action, post hoc rationalization, President, accountability, transparency, nondelegation doctrine, Chevron, reason giving, APA

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An Administrative Jurisprudence: The Rule of Law in the Administrative State

115 Columbia Law Review 1985 (2015)
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Oct 2016
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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rule of law, administrative law, guidance, presidential power, administrative state, jurisprudence

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Chevron Is a Phoenix

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 2, 2021, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 21-35
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 02 Sep 2021
Lisa Schultz Bressman and Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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judicial review, administrative agencies, Administrative Procedure Act, administrative law, arbitrary and capricious, deference, institutional settlement, delegation, statutory interpretation

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Debate

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 102, No. 6, 2017, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 574, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 17-57, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-50
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 25 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2017
Richard Primus, Christopher Serkin, Kevin M. Stack and Nelson Tebbe
University of Michigan Law School, Vanderbilt Law School, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Cornell Law School
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Debate, Constitution, interpretation, courts, constitutional law, statutory law, Affordable Care Act, free speech, amendments, values, discrimination, Supreme Court, Tebbe, Serkin, Primus, Stack, Ratchet Effect, politics, legislation, lawyers, lawmakers, Bill of Rights, Commerce Clause

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Reclaiming 'The Real Subject' of Administrative Law: A Critical Introduction to Bruce Wyman's 'The Principles of the Administrative Law Governing the Relations of Public Officers' (1903)

Bruce Wyman, The Principles of the Administrative Law Governing the Relations of Public Officers (1903, republication 2014 with new introduction), Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 15-13
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Jun 2015
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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early administrative law, internal administrative law, Wyman, American legal thought, public law

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Representative Rulemaking

Iowa Law Review, vol. 109 (forthcoming 2023)
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Apr 2023
Jim Rossi and Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Administrative Law, Agency Rulemaking, Public Participation, Democracy

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The Authority and Interpretation of Regulations

82 Modern Law Review 1003 (2019) Vol: 82, Issue 6, 2019 , Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 20-22
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Apr 2020
Andrew Edgar and Kevin M. Stack
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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regulatory interpretation, textualism, Hart, purpose, statutory interpretation, judicial review, U.S. administrative law, U.K. administrative law, Australian administrative law

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Preambles As Guidance

84 George Washington Law Review 1252 (2016)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Oct 2016
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Guidance, Interpretive Rule, Rulemaking, Judicial Review, Seminole Rock, Auer, Administrative Law, Internal Administrative Law

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The Interpretive Dimension of Seminole Rock

George Mason Law Review, Vol. 22, No. 669, 2015, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 15-12
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Jun 2015
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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interpreting regulations, judicial review, purposivism, Auer, Seminole Rock, Skidmore, standard of review, rule of law

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The Reviewability of the President's Statutory Powers

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 4, p. 1171, 2009, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 09-14
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2009
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Agency Independence After PCAOB

32 Cardozo L. Rev. 2391 (2011), Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 14-40
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Dec 2014
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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independent agencies, separation of functions, administrative adjudication, separation of powers, agency independence, due process

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Oversight Riders

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 21-45, Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 97, No. 127, 2021
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 21 Dec 2021
Kevin M. Stack and Michael P. Vandenbergh
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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congressional oversight, executive branch, executive privilege, contempt of Congress, appropriations, power of the purse, Antideficiency Act, inspectors general

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The False Allure of the Anti-Accumulation Principle

102 Boston University Law Review 925 (2022), Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 682, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 22-09
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 04 May 2022 Last Revised: 11 May 2022
Michael Herz and Kevin M. Stack
Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Executive branch, separation of powers, anti-accumulation principle

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Lessons from the Turn of the Twentieth Century for First-Year Courses on Legislation and Regulation

Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 65, Issue 1, August 2015, pp. 28-44, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 15-23
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 07 Oct 2015
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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legal education, case method, Langdell, history of legal education, teaching statutory and regulatory materials, case method

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The Enacted Purposes Canon

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 105, No. 283, 2019, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 20-14
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 Feb 2020
Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Chevron, codification, statutory drafting, stated purpose, objects provisions, statutory interpretation, textualism, purposivism

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How Agencies Communicate

Yale Journal on Regulation, Notice & Comment Blog
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Mar 2018
Susan C. Morse, Leigh Osofsky, Elizabeth G. Porter, Kathryn A. Watts, Michael Herz, Andy Grewal, Nicholas R. Parrillo, Kevin M. Stack, Kristin E. Hickman, Christopher J. Walker and Aaron L. Nielson
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of Washington School of Law, University of Washington - School of Law, Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, University of Iowa - College of Law, Yale University - Law School, Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law, University of Michigan Law School and Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Administrative Law, Administrative Guidance, Communication, Deference, Regulations, Notice-and-Comment, Rulemaking, Examples