Defining Lawmaking Power
51 Wake Forest Law Review 881 (2016)
University of Baltimore School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper 2017-18
36 Pages Posted: 15 Dec 2016 Last revised: 22 Apr 2017
Date Written: December 14, 2016
Abstract
This Article teases apart the various permutations of what the federal lawmaking power means, canvases the Court's historical treatment of that question, and describes its practical implications as a matter of both constitutional and administrative law. It proposes a taxonomy of lawmaking in an effort to bring coherence to the task of defining the lawmaking power as well as Congress's prerogative to exercise it.
Keywords: Constitutional lawmaking, legislation, Congress
JEL Classification: K19, K40
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