Legislation and Policy Brief

The <strong><em>Legislation and Policy Brief</em></strong> ("LPB") is the legislative-based legal publication of the Washington College of Law.

List of Papers (Total 84)

The Pandemic and Privacy: The Global Culture of Intrusion

By Jon L. Mills, Lucca Viana, and Danielle Black, Published on 06/01/22

Fintech: A Field Day of Arbitrage Gone Awry

By Grace Fraser, Published on 06/01/22

Competitor Standing to the Rescue: Saving the Emoluments Clause

By Demitri Dawson, Published on 06/01/22

Editor’s Welcome

By Warner Allison, Published on 08/09/21

Editor's Welcome

By Julie Flower, Published on 05/04/20

Think of an Elephant? Tweeting as "Framing

By Fernando R. Laguarda, Published on 07/19/19

Editor's Welcome

By Rachael A. Soloway, Published on 07/19/19

Editor's Welcome

By John Spellman, Published on 03/11/20

Editor's Welcome

By Zachary I. Gold, Published on 11/18/14

Passing the Torch but Sailing Too Close to the Wind: Congress’s Role in Authorizing Administrative Branches to Promulgate Regulations that Contemplate Criminal Sanctions

The Supreme Court has stated that Congress must simply “lay down by legislative act an intelligible principle” to which the agency must conform. If this is done, a court will find the delegation of broad authority to the agency to be constitutional. There is, however, an open issue regarding whether the “intelligible principle” standard applies to delegations of authority that...