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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

New to SSRN -- Delegation and Independent Judgment: My draft contribution to a terrific Notre Dame Law Review symposium on Congress and the administrative state, in which I revisit Jonathan Adler and my 2020 article Delegation and Time: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

New to SSRN: I've posted a draft of a symposium essay, entitled Preserving Both Agency Expertise and Accountability in the Unitary Executive. In this essay, I make the conservative case for a professionalized civil service. Paper here: ssrn.com/abstract=684...

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

New to SSRN: The George Washington Law Review invited me to pen the foreword to its annual administrative law issue. Here's a draft of that article, entitled Proportionality in Administrative Law: ssrn.com/abstract=655...

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New to SSRN: @Aaron_L_Nielson and I have posted a draft of our new paper, Article II and the Civil Service, which the Virginia Law Review will kindly be publishing. Plenty of time to incorporate feedback. Link here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Today the Ninth Circuit denied rehearing en banc in an important immigration case. Mike Kagan and I had filed an amicus brief urging rehearing. The panel opinion had made a mess of Loper Bright. We did get three judges dissenting, and Judge Bumatay kindly gives our brief a shoutout in his dissent:

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Attn law review editors: There are some excellent articles in the SSRN #adlaw reading list from last month that are apparently still looking for a home: www.yalejreg.com/nc/administr...

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

New to SSRN: Andrew Hammond and I have posted a draft of a symposium essay from our Kisor dataset, entitled The End of Administrative Pragmatism? This one explores how Kisor, Loper Bright, and Consumers' Research affect theories in administrative law. Link here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

New to SSRN: Andrew Hammond and I have posted a draft of Stare Decisis and the Missing Administrability Inquiry: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... This is the first paper from our Kisor dataset, and it includes our findings from reviewing all lower-court decisions that invoke Kisor from 2019-2024.

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

The @nyulawreview.bsky.social and @policyintegrity.bsky.social have organized a terrific administrative law symposium today. My @umichlaw.bsky.social colleague @jdmortenson.bsky.social is here to talk about history, and I'm on a panel that is charged with ignoring history. 🤓

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

It was an honor and thrill to be interviewed by Judge Diane Wood today at this National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine workshop on the future of administrative law at the Supreme Court.

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

My @umichlaw.bsky.social colleague Nick Bagley and I have been debating administrative law remedies for nearly a decade now. Fun to see this spill into the latest #SCOTUS decision. (I'm still right about this stuff, FWIW.) 🤓 www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

My @umichlaw.bsky.social colleague @dtdeacon.bsky.social has an important new paper (Administrative Law Review forth'g) on how #SCOTUS uses agency practice in statutory interpretation. All the more important after Loper Bright: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Attn @umichlaw.bsky.social students: Tomorrow I'll be speaking at a great event on federal agencies 101. Note that we will be meeting in Hutchins 218 because the RSVPs were more than expected. 🤓

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

This coming Friday at the University of Michigan Law School, the Journal of Law Reform is hosting a terrific symposium on the future of agency independence. Details here: www.yalejreg.com/nc/universit...

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

New to SSRN: My former research assistant Neena Menon and I have posted a draft of our Wisconsin Law Review essay, Chevron's 51 Imperfect Solutions, reflecting on how states should approach judicial deference after Loper Bright: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

The Michigan Law Public Law Workshop my colleagues Dan Deacon & Julian Mortenson have organized this semester is 🔥🔥🔥. So many of my fav #adlaw scholars and friends! 🤓

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 06/05/2024

Always a special day! Congratulations to the University of Michigan Law School Class of 2024. So excited to see the impact you all will have on the world for years and decades to come.

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

Hot off the Ohio State Law Journal press: David Zaring and my essay on SEC v. Jarkesy, entitled The Right to Remove in Agency Adjudication: ssrn.com/abstract=464...

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 01/04/2024

Our essay is part of a fantastic symposium on the future of Chevron deference, published just in time for #SCOTUS to weigh in in Loper Bright and Relentless this term. Full issue here: lawreview.gmu.edu/print-issues...

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 01/04/2024

Hot off the George Mason Law Review! Kent Barnett and my essay Chevron and Stare Decisis: ssrn.com/abstract=459...

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

Today is umich Giving Blueday 2024, and I just made my donation to the University of Michigan Law School Student Funded Fellowships (SFF) program! Great students and cause. You can do so here, too: donate.umich.edu/GqyjW

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 20/01/2024

More details from Linda Jellum:

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 09/01/2024

FWIW, here is the prompt from my UMich Civil Procedure exam from early December 2023. I was pretty close! 🤩

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

2023 was another great year for Jotwell's #adlaw section, and it was wonderful to work with Miriam Seifter again as co-editor. Here's my year-end review: www.yalejreg.com/nc/jotwell-a...

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

New to SSRN: David Zaring and I have a new essay, The Right to Remove in Agency Adjudication (Ohio State Law Journal forth'g), which suggests how the SEC, Congress, and maybe even #SCOTUS could avoid the constitutional issues in SEC v. Jarkesy: ssrn.com/abstract=464...

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

Hot off the Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy press! Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia and my symposium essay Assessing Visions of Democracy in Regulatory Policymaking: ssrn.com/abstract=438...

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

I'm so excited that @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social will be here at U Mich Law this week to talk about her terrific new book Shielded! 🤓

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

The George Mason Law Review Chevron on Trial symposium will be held at the Mayflower Hotel on Friday, October 20, 2023. It's open to the public, and you see the full schedule and register here: lawreview.gmu.edu/symposia

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

New to SSRN: Kent Barnett and I have posted a draft of our essay, Chevron and Stare Decisis, which is based on our Loper Bright amicus brief and is our contribution to a terrific George Mason Law Review Chevron on Trial symposium: ssrn.com/abstract=459...

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

Yesterday Andrew Hammond and I got super helpful feedback on an early draft of our Kisor project (abstract below) at our umich law faculty workshop. It's been so rewarding to work on this project with Andrew, and the workshop was a reminder about how wonderful it is to be here! 🤓

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

FWIW, because the ALJs will all see it Monday, we've gone ahead and posted an early working draft of the paper to SSRN. Comments are of course welcome (and appreciated!). Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 24/08/2023

Attn #adlaw nerds: the St. John's Law Review is hosting a MQD symposium on on 10/9. They are looking for 1000-7000 word contributions, with CFP deadline of 9/2. Details: www.yalejreg.com/nc/st-johns-...

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

Love that @umichlaw.bsky.social did this Q&A alumni mag interview w/@leahlitman.bsky.social and me about our ACS and FedSoc honors and academic culture here: quadrangle.michigan.law.umich.edu/i…

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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 25/07/2023

Today I filed a #SCOTUS amicus brief in Loper Bright Enterprises on behalf of myself and my frequent collaborator Kent Barnett (U Georgia Law), urging SCOTUS *not* to eliminate Chevron deference. The brief is available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abs…

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