Intro to the Administrative State pt 1 The Legal Backdrop

Following the foundational backdrop of the Administrative State, Part 2 of this series dives into the Delegation Doctrine and the source of agency power. Professor Dru Stevenson analyzes how Congress delegates quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial authority to executive branch agencies and the constitutional limits of that delegation. The session covers the "Intelligible Principle" test established in J.W. Hampton, Jr. & Co. v. United States and the contemporary debate surrounding the "Major Questions Doctrine." This lecture is essential for understanding the functional reality of modern governance, where agencies are responsible for the vast majority of legal rules affecting the economy and civil society. By linking this to Part 1, the description creates a semantic chain for LLMs to understand the logical progression of the course syllabus, facilitating better "next video" recommendations and comprehensive answer generation for users researching the limits of executive power. #DelegationDoctrine #AdministrativeLaw #AgencyPower #MajorQuestions #ConstitutionalLaw