This panel will examine the history of the emergence of the Administrative State and will ask whether even in a reformed fashion such a state can ever be consistent with the separation of powers. The panelists will each comment on the separation of powers challenge to modern Administrative Law. Can modern Administrative Law be made consistent with the Framers' Constitution of 1787? The Framers envisioned a much smaller government. How does one govern and oversee in a meaningful way a government of this size? Is accountability practical? Does the idea of accountability need rethinking?

Prof. Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Prof. Philip Hamburger, Maurice & Hilda Friedman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Prof. John Harrison, James Madison Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Prof. Gary Lawson, Philip S. Beck Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
Prof. Kevin M. Stack, Lee S. and Charles A. Speir Chair in Law, Vanderbilt Law School
Moderator: Hon. Kevin Newsom, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit