Hello again everyone; welcome to our final episode before the midterm exam! In this episode, we will get an introduction to administrative law and the bureaucracy, also known as the "administrative state". Our emphasis in this podcast will be on understanding what administrative law is, what the bureaucracy is, the process of creating administrative law (the Administrative Procedure Act), a bit of the history and evolution of administrative law and power, and then an examination of three relevant cases (Chevron v. NRDC, Loper Bright v. Raimondo, and Garland v. Cargill). I will wrap up this podcast with some tips on the upcoming exam... but if you don't get to that part don't worry as I will repeat those in our Week 8 Midterm Episode!