Did the Courts Just Nuke Environmental Review?

Today, we’re diving into everyone’s favorite Statecraft topic: administrative law! The two court cases we’re discussing could have huge ramifications for how we build things in America.

We brought three of our favorite administrative law professors together: James Coleman is a professor at the University of Minnesota, Adam White is the Executive Director of the Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State at George Mason University, and Nicholas Bagley is a professor at the University of Michigan and was Chief General Counsel to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

We discussed:

* Why the National Environmental Policy Act is a problem

* How a small White House office grew to wield power Congress never gave it

* Why a seemingly simple environmental case has thrown environmental regulations into doubt

* Why D.C. appellate lawyers don’t challenge laws they believe are wrong

* The potential for reforming environmental review