Clear Statements is a recurring series by Abbe R. Gluck on civil litigation and the modern regulatory and statutory state.

Congress tried to claw back the FTC's powers in 1980 through a legislative veto, but Chadha rendered that "bargain" unconstitutional. Here, Barrett asked about whether a legislative veto may have also ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When the longtime state representative serving her district in north-central New ...

The New York Court of Appeals announced that friend-of-the-court briefs on cases about legislative intent and statutes may no longer present lawmakers' views expressed outside of the publicly ...