Stephen M. Johnson

Mercer University Law School

Associate Dean and Professor

1021 Georgia Avenue

Macon, GA 31207-0001

United States

http://www.envirolawteachers.com

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

22

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Scholarly Papers (22)

1.

Is Religion the Environment's Last Best Hope? Targeting Change in Individual Behavior through Personal Norm Activation

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 07 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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religion, environment, personal norms, norm activation, social justice, stewardship

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Teaching for Tomorrow: Utilizing Technology to Implement the Reforms of Maccrate, Carnegie and Best Practices

92 NEB. L. REV. 46 (2013)
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 24 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
Downloads 149 (325,196)
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The Changing Discourse of the Supreme Court

12 U.N.H. L.REV. 29 (2014)
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 24 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
Downloads 106 (419,933)
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From Climate Change and Hurricanes to Ecological Nuisances: Common Law Remedies for Public Law Failures?

27 GA. STATE L. REV. 565 (2010)
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 May 2010 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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common law, comer, american electric power, ecological nuisance, public nuisance, climate change

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Ossification's Demise?: An Empirical Analysis of EPA Rulemaking from 2001-2005

Environmental Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 02 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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Beyond the Usual Suspects: ACUS, Rulemaking 2.0 and a Vision for Broader, More Informed and More Transparent Rulemaking

65 ADMIN. L. REV. 77 (2013)
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
Downloads 94 (455,618)

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e-rulemaking, ACUS, notice and comment, public participation, informal rulemaking, rulemaking 2.0, effective comenting, reply comment period

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The Course Source: The Casebook Evolved

44 CAP. U. L. REV. 591 (2016)
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 04 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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Competition: The Next Generation of Environmental Regulation?

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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Disclosing the President's Role in Rulemaking: A Critique of the Reform Proposals

60 CATH. U. L. REV. 1 (2011)
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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Presidential Influence, Rulemaking, Watts, Mendelson, Ossification, Transparency

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The Brand X Effect: Declining Chevron Deference for EPA and Increased Success for Environmental Groups in the 21st Century

69 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 65 (2018).
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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Chevron, Brand X, Deference, EPA, Empirical, Circuit Courts

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The Internet Changes Everything: Revolutionizing Public Participation and Access to Government Information Through the Internet

50 ADMIN. L. REV. 277 (1998)
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 05 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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e-rulemaking, notice and comment, administrative law, APA, public participation, internet, technology

12.

Sue and Settle: Demonizing the Environmental Citizen Suit

37 SEATTLE L. REV. 891 (2014)
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 12 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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13.

The Roberts Court and the Environment

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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Rulemaking 3.0: Incorporating AI and ChatGPT into Notice and Comment Rulemaking

Missouri Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 06 Jul 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
Downloads 56 (612,028)
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artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, notice and comment rulemaking, public participation, administrative law , AI, technology

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Supplement to the Clean Water Handbook, Second Edition and Wetlands Law and Policy: Understanding Section 404

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 27 Oct 2009
Mark A. Ryan, Kim Diana Connolly and Stephen M. Johnson
affiliation not provided to SSRN, SUNY Buffalo Law School and Mercer University Law School
Downloads 52 (627,885)

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Wetlands, Rapanos

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Indeconstructible: The Triumph of the Environmental ‘Administrative State’

86 U.CINN. L. REV. 653 (2018)
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 13 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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Epa, Deconstruction, Trump, Deregulation, Rulemaking, Checks

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#Better Rules: The Appropriate Use of Social Media in Rulemaking

44 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. 1 (2017)
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 09 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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Killing WOTUS 2015: Why Three Rulemakings May Not Be Enough

64 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. 373 (2020)
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 05 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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waters of the United States, State Farm, Fox, deregulation, Clean Water Act, wetlands, Rapanos, administrative law, notice and comment

19.

In Defense of the Short Cut

60 KAN. L. REV. 495 (2012)
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 25 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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rulemaking, nonlegislative rule, guidance document

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From Protecting Water Quality to Protecting States’ Rights: Fifty Years of Supreme Court Clean Water Act Statutory Interpretation

SMU Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Nov 2020
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
Downloads 34 (740,002)

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Clean Water Act, statutory interpretation, textualist, county of Maui

21.

Advancing Auer in an Era of Retreat

41 WM. & MARY ENVT’L L. REV. 551 (2017)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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22.

Deregulation: Too Big for One Branch, But Maybe Not For Two

53 Seton Hall L. Rev. 839 (2023)
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 01 Jul 2023
Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
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deregulation, administrative law, rollback, environmental law, EPA, regulations, rulemaking, judicial branch, deference, Chevron