EPA regulatory power, voting rights and redistricting, federal directives regarding transgender persons, the constitutionality of ACA provisions, and seized execution drugs. Texas, often joined by other states, sued the federal government at least forty-eight times during the Obama administration. Suits are currently pending against the Trump Administration pertaining to the Emoluments Clause and environmental policy. This panel examines the role of the states in checking Executive authority in an era of executive action and the administrative state’s regulatory growth. Topics include: Whether and how the Executive Branch has increased its power in recent years, federal interference with state policy choices and core powers, and litigating against Executive overreach. The panel will be moderated by Justice Jeff Brown.
Speakers:

Caitlin Halligan, Partner, Gibson Dunn; Former New York Solicitor General
Scott Keller, Texas Solicitor General
Prof. Ernest Young, Alston & Bird Professor of Law, Duke University
Moderator: Hon. Jeff Brown, Supreme Court of Texas