The Federalist Society’s 44th Annual
National Student Symposium
Congress: Reviving the Impetuous Vortex
March 7-8, 2025 | Ann Arbor, MI
Travel & Logistics
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✈️ The Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) is the closest airport to Ann Arbor (30 min.)
🚆 The Amtrak Wolverine takes six daily trips from Chicago to Ann Arbor
🚌 The Michigan Flyer makes hourly trips from the airport to downtown Ann Arbor
🕓 Check-in will take place 3:30-5:30pm on Friday, March 7th
💰 Transportation costs are eligible for 50% reimbursement. Submit receipts HERE (after the symposium).
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Walking Distance
Bell Tower Hotel (0.1 miles)
Graduate by Hilton (0.2 miles)
Chartered bus route
Staybridge Suites (pick-up spot)
Hilton Garden Inn(pick-up spot)
Kensington Hotel (pick-up spot)
Courtyard by Marriott (pick-up spot)
Homewood Suites by Hilton (pick-up spot)
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For your convenience we will have charter buses running on a route between Michigan Law School and
Courtyard Ann Arbor, and
Transportation to the Big House for the closing banquet.
Attendees should not feel limited to the hotels listed since other lodging options are nearby, making it a short walk between lodging and pick-up spots. Many lodging options, restaurants, bars, and houses of worship are within walking distance to the law school.
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Check out our Ann Arbor guidebook HERE for AA’s best attractions, restaurants, and bars.
For Questions Email
Fedsocsymposium@umich.edu
Panel Moderators
Panelists
Panels & Related Scholarship
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Moderator: Hon. Chad Readler, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
The inspiration for this panel’s title was Gillian Metzger’s article in the Harvard Law Review, 1930s Redux: The Administrative State Under Siege.
Chris Walker’s article provides a helpful summary of recent "anti-administrativist" turns (for the whole symposium).
Jennifer Mascott on the state of the nondelegation doctrine.
Jeff Pojanowski twitter/X thread on the overturn of Chevron.
Aaron Nielson speaking at UChicago on "The Past and Future of Deference."
Nina Mendelson summarizing recent anti-administrativist turns.
Thomas Merrill speaking on a panel about Loper Bright.
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Moderator: Hon. Robert J. Luck, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Jonathan Adler on congressional oversight.
Article co-authored with Christopher Walker, titled Delegation and Time.
Article published in the Case Western Reserve Law Review, The Clean Water Act at 50: Is the Act Obsolete?
Josh Cafetz on congressional powers in interbranch conflicts.
Gillian Metzger discusses the idea of a living Congress.
Amanda Neely moderating a panel about Congressional oversight.
Justin Amash on why Congress is broken.
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Moderator: Hon. Judge Rao, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Judge Rao discusses why Congress still matters even as the admin state has expanded.
Judge Rao on Advisory Opinions talking about the separation of powers.
Nicholas Bagley in the Atlantic discussing DOGE.
Emily Bremer speaking on a panel about the administrative state, its supporters, and discontents.
Jennifer Nou’s efforts to modernize federal regulatory review.
Paul Ray’s article titled It’s Time for Federal Agency Enforcement Reform.
Additional Scholarship:
For a deeper dive into Administrative Reform, check out the collection of essays about the administrative state in the 21st Century published by Daedalus. Including:
Deconstruction (Not Destruction) by Aaron L. Nielson.
Constraining Bureaucracy Beyond Judicial Review by Christopher J. Walker.
The Hedgehog & the Fox in Administrative Law by Judge Neomi Rao.
Christopher Walker discusses the relationship between Congress and the administrative state.
Professor Stiglitz argues that Congress might actually want to delegate to agencies to increase public trust.
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Moderator: Hon. Joan Larsen, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Julian Mortenson's piece on how to read Article II's vesting clause.
Julian Mortenson speaking on Lawfare podcast discussing executive power.
Michael McConnell'sbook, The President Who Would Not Be King. Summary here.
Access Chapter 13, The Executive Power Vesting Clause.
Michael McConnell is giving a speech at Arizona State University on his above-mentioned book.
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Moderator: Hon. Raymond Kethledge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Tara Grove authored a piece about how certain norms about judicial independence developed over time
Jamal Greene’s book How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights is Tearing America Apart.
Richard Primus forthcoming book on separation of powers, titled Constitutional Question: Enumeration and Federal Power.
Amanda Tyler’s article titled Judicial Review in Times of Emergency: From the Founding Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
Keith Whittington on speaking on a panel titled Is Judicial Review Democratic?
Additional Materials
Judge Newsom explains jurisdiction stripping on AO
Epps & Trammell on jurisdiction stripping
Kannon Shanmugan on the legitimacy of the Supreme Court on Advisory Opinions
Doerfler & Moyn on democratizing the Supreme Court
Epps & Sitaraman writes about how to save the Supreme Court