Sarah Tran · April 2012 80 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 831 (2012) Since 1935, courts have embraced a uniformly lenient approach toward congressional delegations of authority to agencies across different regulatory areas with one notable exception. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has crafted its own limitations on the authority of a... Read More

Andrew A. Schwartz · April 2012 80 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 764 (2012) Courts and commentators take for granted that the ultimate objective of a business corporation is long-run profitability, not immediate profits. But a corporation is a creature of statute, so a statutory source for this rule must be found—or it is not really... Read More

Allen Rostron · April 2012 80 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 703 (2012) In recent years, the Supreme Court has issued two landmark decisions about the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. District of Columbia v. Heller rejected the notion that the Second Amendment protects only organized militia activities, and McDonald v. City of Chicago... Read More

Corey Rayburn Yung · February 2012 80 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 505 (2012) This Article identifies and measures dimensions of judicial behavior separate from ideology to improve both the understanding of and vocabulary surrounding debates about judges. In particular, it recognizes both independence and partisanship as aspects of judicial behavior that are distinct from ideological... Read More

Brigham Daniels · February 2012 80 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 442 (2012) A regulatory agency’s arsenal often contains multiple weapons. Occasionally, however, an agency has the power to completely obliterate its regulatory targets or to make major waves in society by using a “regulatory nuke.” A regulatory nuke is a tool with two primary characteristics.... Read More

Mehrsa Baradaran · February 2012 80 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 385 (2012) This Article examines the long-held belief that banking and commerce need to be kept separate to ensure a stable banking system. Specifically, the Article criticizes the Bank Holding Company Act (“BHCA”), which prohibits nonbanking entities from owning banks. The recent banking collapse has... Read More

Maxwell L. Stearns · February 2012 80 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 311 (2012) Legal scholars, economists, and political scientists are divided on whether voter initiatives and legislative referendums tend to produce outcomes that are more (or less) majoritarian, efficient, or solicitous of minority concerns than traditional legislation. Scholars also embrace opposing views on which lawmaking... Read More