All Episodes

Necessary & Proper Episode 99: Defining Antisemitism: A Debate on Free Speech and Civil Rights

Necessary & Proper Episode 100: Legislative or Executive? The Curious Case of the Library of Congress

Necessary & Proper Episode 98: Courthouse Steps Decision: Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research

Necessary & Proper Episode 95: DOGE and the Future of the Federal Workforce

Necessary & Proper Episode 97: Checks and Balances: Deregulation Based on Supreme Court Rulings

Necessary & Proper Episode 96: The Art of Deregulation: Executive Orders and Limited Government

Necessary & Proper Episode 94: The End of Humphrey’s Executor?

Necessary & Proper Episode 93: Executive Orders: Faithful Execution or Legislating from the Oval Office?

Necessary & Proper Episode 92: Can the Federal Government Ban At-Home Distilling?

Necessary & Proper Episode 91: Antitrust and FTC Reform in the New Congress

Necessary & Proper Episode 90: Nondelegation Doctrine Adds Another Good Year?

Necessary & Proper Episode 89: New Voices in Administrative Law II: The Supreme Court and Federal Court Jurisdiction

Necessary & Proper Episode 88: Loper Bright & Relentless

Necessary & Proper Episode 87: Current & Future Uses of the Impeachment Power

Necessary & Proper Episode 86: Why Congress

Necessary & Proper Episode 85: Holding Congress Accountable to the Constitution

Can the Legislative Power Be Delegated?

The Major Questions Doctrine, Chevron Deference & the Future of the Regulatory State

Necessary & Proper Episode 82: The D.C. Crime Bill: What Happens Next?

Necessary & Proper Episode 81: Creatures of Statute III: Congress’ Responsibility to Answer the Major Questions

Necessary & Proper Episode 80: Creatures of Statute II: Administrative Agencies and Policymaking

Necessary & Proper Episode 79: Address by Senator Michael S. Lee

Necessary & Proper Episode 78: Creatures of Statute: Administrative Agencies in Practice

Necessary & Proper Episode 77: Who Decides if January 6 Was an Insurrection Prohibiting the Election Of Participants?

Necessary & Proper Episode 76: 2015 Address by Senator Orrin Hatch

Necessary & Proper Episode 75: An Introduction to the Court of Federal Claims

Necessary & Proper Episode 74: Can Congress Improve Budget Transparency and Process?

Necessary & Proper Episode 73: How to Fix the Budget Mess

Necessary & Proper Episode 72: Redistricting – Discussing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Necessary & Proper Episode 71: The Two-Party System

Necessary & Proper Episode 70: Congressional Oversight and Investigations – New Developments and Outlook for the 117th Congress

Necessary & Proper Episode 69: The U.S. Senate Filibuster – A Feature of or Impediment to Democracy?

Necessary & Proper Episode 68: H.R. 1, the For the People Act, Explained

Necessary & Proper Episode 67: Non-Delegation? Or No Divesting? Art. I, Sec. 1 at the Founding and Today

Necessary & Proper Episode 66: Federalist Papers Book Club – The Senate

Necessary & Proper Episode 65: Federalist Papers Book Club – The House of Representatives

Necessary & Proper Episode 64: Federalist Papers Book Club – The Separation of Powers

Necessary & Proper Episode 63: Kisor and Gundy – The Future of Administrative Law?

Necessary & Proper Episode 62: Congressional Review Act: First Branch Gets the Last Word

Necessary & Proper Episode 61: Congress and the Administrative State

Necessary & Proper Episode 59: Supreme Court Nominations and the Perils of Court-Packing

Necessary & Proper Episode 59: Presidential Power: A Historical Perspective on Today

Necessary & Proper Episode 58: Debate: The True Extent of Presidential Power

Necessary & Proper Episode 57: Constitution Day Lecture: Inside the Mind of James Madison

Necessary & Proper Episode 56: Highlights from Senator Tom Coburn (2015)

Necessary & Proper Episode 55: 2020 National Student Symposium Panel II: The Proper Role of the Senate

Necessary & Proper Episode 54: Presidential Impeachment: Historical Context and Current Controversies

Necessary & Proper Episode 53: Congressional Oversight with Jason Foster

Necessary & Proper Episode 52: Can Congress Enforce their Subpoenas?

Necessary & Proper Episode 51: National Security and Executive Power

Necessary & Proper Episode 50: Laboratories of Democracy, Part 2: Can Congress learn from State Legislatures?

Necessary & Proper Episode 50: Laboratories of Democracy, Part 2: Can Congress learn from State Legislatures?

Necessary & Proper Episode 49: What is an Impeachable Offense?

Necessary & Proper Episode 48: The Electoral College

Necessary & Proper Episode 47: Laboratories of Democracy - Part I: Early State Constitutions and Their Influence on the Legislative Branch

Necessary & Proper Episode 46: Subdelegations of Rulemaking Power and the Appointments Clause

Necessary & Proper Episode 45: Agency Rule-making: Unnecessary Delegation or Indispensable Assistance?

Necessary & Proper Episode 44: All the President's Budgets: Who should be setting federal budget priorities?

Necessary & Proper Episode 43: John Yoo and John Malcolm on Executive Privilege and Congressional Oversight

Necessary & Proper Episode 42: An Address by Congressman John Rutherford

Necessary & Proper Episode 41: An Address by Congressman Andy Barr

Necessary & Proper Episode 40: Legislative Branch Review Keynote Speech by Senator Lindsey Graham

Necessary & Proper Episode 39: Bipartisanship and High Profile Congressional Oversight

Necessary & Proper Episode 38: A World Without Chevron?

Necessary & Proper Episode 37: Can the Other Branches Help Restore Congress?

Necessary & Proper Episode 36: A Conversation with James L. Buckley

Necessary & Proper Episode 35: Reception with Former Representative Sue Myrick

Necessary & Proper Episode 34: The New Congress and Congressional Oversight

Necessary & Proper Episode 33: Discussion with Senator Jon Kyl

Necessary & Proper Episode 32: Fixing the American Immigration System

Necessary & Proper Episode 31: Address by Sen. Mitch McConnell

Necessary & Proper Episode 30: The Legislative Branch and Trade

Necessary & Proper Episode 29: Is the Nondelegation Doctrine Really Dead?

Necessary & Proper Episode 28: Perspectives on Marijuana

Necessary & Proper Episode 27: How Should the United States Senate be Elected?

Necessary & Proper Episode 26: Constitution Day Debate - The Commerce Clause

Necessary & Proper Episode 25: Levin-Style Congressional Oversight

Necessary & Proper Episode 24: Address by Congressman Massie

Necessary & Proper Episode 23: Improving Regulation - Process vs. Substance

Necessary & Proper Episode 22: Balancing Interests in Congressional Oversight

Necessary & Proper Episode 21: Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley

Necessary & Proper Episode 20: Founding Principles as Pillars of Our Foreign Policy - Expert Panel Discussion

Necessary & Proper Episode 19: Founding Principles as Pillars of Our Foreign Policy - Address by Rep. Mike Gallagher

Necessary & Proper Episode 18: NYU Panel - History of Balance Between the President and Congress

Necessary & Proper Episode 17: Georgetown Law Federalist Society's Lifetime Service Award - Sen. Rand Paul

Necessary & Proper Episode 15: Restoring Article I Series - Afternoon Address by Senator Mike Lee

Necessary & Proper Episode 16: Restoring Article I Series - Congressional Reflections and Recommendations

Necessary & Proper Episode 14: Restoring Article I Series - Senate Reform Proposals Panel

Necessary & Proper Episode 13: Restoring Article I Series - A Conversation with Former Sen. Jon Kyl

Necessary & Proper Episode 12: Restoring Article I Series - Morning Address by Senator James Lankford

Necessary & Proper Episode 11: Restoring Article I Series - House Reform Panel

Necessary & Proper Episode 10: Scalia Speaks on Congressional Power

Necessary & Proper Episode 9: Best of 2017 Series - Congressional Oversight

Necessary & Proper Episode 8: Best of 2017 Series - Gerrymandering

Necessary & Proper Episode 7: Best of 2017 Series - Funding the Government

Necessary & Proper Episode 6: Congress Can Fix the “Regulatory Mess” It Created

Necessary & Proper Episode 5: A Chief's Perspective

Addressing the Administrative State

Congress and the Dilemma of Fiscal Restraint

The Congressional Research Service and Congress