Adrian Vermeule writes:
Philip Hamburger’s recent book asks “Is Administrative Law Unlawful?” My answer is “No.” Here it is.
P.S. Mike Ramsey implies that the review is inconsistent with an earlier book, The Executive Unbound.
I deny that consistency is a virtue for academics, but I can’t see any inconsistency anyway. Mike hasn’t grasped the sheer pedantic arrogance of my position (not to be attributed to Eric), which is that only those of us who understand the basic doctrines and principles of administrative law are entitled to debunk them. Philip Hamburger doesn’t seem to understand them, so his attempt at debunking misses the mark. I happen to think that there is a valid debunking, different than Philip’s, but that doesn’t help those who have failed to pass the pons asinorum of the subject.