A State Supreme Court Justice’s Take on Delegation and Deference

There’s not a lot of talk about state administrative law. Never mind that much of the administrative law that happens in this country happens at the state level. Or that state regulation affects citizens and businesses in much the same way as federal regulation. As Chief Judge Sutton observes, “[o]ur obsession with federal law inclines us to notice changes in administrative law most of all through decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Hubble Telescope for assessing American law.”