Chris Walker
@chrisjwalker.bsky.social
Law Prof @ umich (formerly Ohio State), ABA AdLaw Section past chair, YaleJREG blogger, #adlaw nerd, dad of four
https://michigan.law.umich.edu/faculty-and-scholarship/our-faculty/christopher-j-walker
https://michigan.law.umich.edu/faculty-and-scholarship/our-faculty/christopher-j-walker
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:
We did get three judges dissenting, and Judge Bumatay kindly gives our brief a shoutout in his dissent:
August 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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:
We did get three judges dissenting, and Judge Bumatay kindly gives our brief a shoutout in his dissent:
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...
August 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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...
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....
August 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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....
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.
August 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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.
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. 🤓
April 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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. 🤓
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.
April 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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.
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...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
April 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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....
March 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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....
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. 🤓
February 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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. 🤓
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...
November 2, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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...
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....
October 16, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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....
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! 🤓
August 29, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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! 🤓
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.
May 6, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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.
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...
April 22, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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...
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...
April 1, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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...
Hot off the George Mason Law Review! Kent Barnett and my essay Chevron and Stare Decisis: ssrn.com/abstract=459...
April 1, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Hot off the George Mason Law Review! Kent Barnett and my essay Chevron and Stare Decisis: ssrn.com/abstract=459...
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
March 13, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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
More details from Linda Jellum:
January 20, 2024 at 3:00 PM
More details from Linda Jellum:
FWIW, here is the prompt from my UMich Civil Procedure exam from early December 2023. I was pretty close! 🤩
January 9, 2024 at 4:13 AM
FWIW, here is the prompt from my UMich Civil Procedure exam from early December 2023. I was pretty close! 🤩
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...
Here's my year-end review: www.yalejreg.com/nc/jotwell-a...
January 1, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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...
Here's my year-end review: www.yalejreg.com/nc/jotwell-a...
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...
November 27, 2023 at 1:06 AM
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...
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...
November 18, 2023 at 9:34 PM
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...
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! 🤓
October 9, 2023 at 1:17 PM
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! 🤓
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
October 8, 2023 at 1:19 PM
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
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...
October 8, 2023 at 1:17 PM
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...