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U.S. Supreme Court,
Government,
Constitutional Law,
Administrative/Regulatory

Dec. 8, 2017

Everything that's not forbidden is allowed

In a speech at the Federalist Society's annual dinner on Nov. 16, Justice Neil Gorsuch introduced a term previously unknown to most of the thousands in attendance: anti-administrativism.

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Everything that's not forbidden is allowed
Justice Neil Gorsuch, left, and Chief Justice John Roberts outside the Supreme Court in Washington, June 15. In a speech at the Federalist Society's annual dinner on Nov. 16, Gorsuch introduced a term previously unknown to most lawyers: anti-administrativism. (New York Times News Service)

In a speech at the Federalist Society's annual dinner on Nov. 16, Justice Neil Gorsuch introduced a term previously unknown to most of the thousands in attendance: anti-administrativism. Gorsuch's speech was part of the focus on the administrative state at this year's Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention, which took place in mid-November in Washington, D.C.

Gorsuch did not coin this awkward term. It appears to have been coi...

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