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Constitution Day series | The Constitution’s Unsung Cousin: How the Administrative Procedure Act Combats Executive Overreach

By AAROL Member Malcolm Russell-Einhorn. Against the backdrop of America’s Constitution Day on September 17, many pundits and ordinary citizens have asked whether the country is approaching, or in, a constitutional crisis. After all, in recent months, the nation has witnessed the Trump Administration flooding the zone of federal governance with scores of legally dubious, […]

The Irony of Promoting Administrative Justice

Guest post by Howard Fenton In 1996 I traveled to the newly independent Ukraine to talk with Ukrainian judges about American administrative law. The Ohio Supreme Court had contracted with USAID to provide training to the judges across the full range of American law utilizing Ohio judges and law professors. I volunteered to lecture on […]

Countering Disinformation about USAID and its Rule of Law Programs

Although USAID has been almost entirely dismantled, disinformation concerning the effectiveness and importance of its mission continues to be disseminated, as epitomized by the July 31, 2025 interview that Ross Douthat of the New York Times conducted with Jeremy Lewin who now oversees all surviving USG international assistance. According to Mr. Lewin, USAID was an […]