Pierce, Richard J., Jr.

GW Law Faculty Publications

February 14, 2022

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BOOKS

(With Kristin E. Hickman & Christopher J. Walker.) Federal Administrative Law: Cases and Materials (4th ed., Foundation Press, 2023).

(With Thomas D. Morgan.) Cases and Materials on Modern Antitrust Law and Its Origins (7th ed., West Academic Publishing, 2023).

(With Kristin E. Hickman.) Administrative Law Treatise  (7th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2024).
     Third edition (with Kenneth Culp Davis) published in 1995.
     Fourth edition published in 2002.
     Fifth edition published in 2010.
     Sixth edition published in 2019.
     Supplemented annually.

(With Thomas D. Morgan.)  Cases and Materials on Modern Antitrust Law and Its Origins (6th ed. 2018).

(With Shapiro, Sidney A. & Paul R. Verkuil). Administrative Law and Process. 6th ed. New York: Foundation Press, 2014.
     First edition published in 1985.
     Second edition published in 1992.
     Third edition published in 1999.
     Fourth edition published in 2004.
     Fifth edition published in 2009.

(With Hickman, Kristin E. & Christopher J. Walker) Federal Administrative Law: Cases and Materials (4th ed., Foundation Press, 2023).
     First edition published in 2010.
     Second edition published in 2014.
     Third edition published in 2020.

Administrative Law. 2nd ed. New York : Foundation Press, 2012.
     First edition published in 2008.

(With Gellhorn, Ernest). Regulated Industries in a Nutshell. 4th ed. St. Paul: West, 1999.
     First edition published in 1982.
     Second edition published in 1987.
     Third edition published in 1994.

Economic Regulation. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Co., 1994. 

(Verkuil, Paul R.; Daniel Gifford; Charles Koch & Jeffrey Lubbers). The Federal Administrative Judiciary. Washington, DC: Administrative Conference of the United States, 1992. 

Regulation and Competition in Natural Gas Distribution. Washington, DC: Council on Economic Regulation, 1990. 

(With Allison, Gary D. & Patrick H. Martin). Economic Regulation: Energy, Transportation, and Utilities: Cases and Materials. Indianapolis: Mitchie Co.; Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1980. 

Natural Gas Regulation Handbook. (Editor). New York: Executive Enterprises Publications, 1980.
     Supplemented 1982.

(With Herman, Stephan A.). Natural Gas Users Handbook. Washington, DC: Bureau of National Affairs, 1976. 

LAW REVIEW ARTICLES & CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Constitutional Foundations, in A Guide to Federal Agency Adjudication 33 (Jeremy S. Graboyes ed., Am. Bar Ass'n, 3d ed. 2023).

Written Hearings, in A Guide to Federal Agency Adjudication 359 (Jeremy S. Graboyes ed., Am. Bar Ass'n, 3d ed. 2023).

An Expanded Version of OIRA Can Ensure Democratic Accountability in the Administrative State, 21 Geo. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 451 (2023).

The Remedies for Constitutional Flaws Have Major Flaws, 18 Duke J. Const. L. & Pub. Pol'y 105 (2023). 

How Should the Supreme Court Respond to the Combination of Political Polarity, Legislative Impotence, and Executive Branch Overreach?, 127 Penn State L. Rev. 627 (2023).

Essay, The Supreme Court Should Eliminate Its Lawless Shadow Docket, 74 Admin L. Rev. 1 (2022).

Agency Adjudication: It Is Time to Hit the Reset Button, 28 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 643 (2021).

Regulation in the Biden Administration, 6 Adm. L. Rev. Accord 113 (2021), https://administrativelawreview.org/vol-6-no-2-regulation-in-the-biden-administration/.

The Combination of Chevron and Political Polarity Has Awful Effects, 70 Duke L. J. Online 91 (2021), https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1083&context=dlj_online.

The Court Should Change the Scope of the Removal Power by Adopting a Purely Functional Approach, 26 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 657 (2019).

Response to Professor Farber's 'Regulatory Review in Anti-Regulatory Times', 94 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 673 (2019).

Is Transmission of Electricity a ‘Governmental Function?' Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority, Geo. Wash. L. Rev. On the Docket (Oct. 2018 term) (May 10, 2019), https://www.gwlr.org/is-transmission-of-electricity-a-governmental-function-thacker-v-tennessee-valley-authority/.

Is the Court Encouraging Agencies to Rely on Junk Science?  Biestek v. Berryhill, Geo. Wash. L. Rev. On the Docket (Oct. 2018 term) (Apr. 23, 2019), https://www.gwlr.org/is-the-court-encouraging-agencies-to-rely-on-junk-science-biestek-v-berryhill/.

The Scope of the Removal Power Is Ripe for Reconsideration, Judges J., Spring 2019, at 19.

Lucia v. SEC, Geo. Wash. L. Rev. On the Docket (Oct. 2017 Term) (Jul. 3, 2018), https://www.gwlr.org/lucia-v-sec/.

Comparing the Competition Regimes of the United States and India, 29 Nat’l L. Sch. India Rev. 48 (2017).

Primary Jurisdiction:  Another Victim of Reality, 69 Admin. L. Rev. 431 (2017).

How to Achieve Regulatory Reform, Admin. & Reg. L. News, Spring 2017, at 11.

The Future of Administrative Law:  DOJ/ENRD Symposium on the Future of Environmental Law, 47 Envtl. L. Rep. News & Analysis 10185, 10186-10197 (2017).

A Comparison of the Cultures and Performance of a Modern Agency and a Nineteenth-Century Agency, in Administrative Law from the Inside Out: Essays on Themes in the Work of Jerry L. Mashaw 322 (Nicholas R. Parrillo ed., 2017).

The Future of Deference, 84 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1293 (2016).

Justice Scalia’s Unparalleled Contributions to Administrative Law, 101 Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes 66 (2016), http://www.minnesotalawreview.org/headnotes/justice-scalias-unparalleled-contributions-to-administrative-law/.

The Regulatory Budget Debate, 19 N.Y.U. J. Legis. & Pub. Pol’y 249 (2016).

Response to Mitnick Re:  What Consumers Want, Fortnightly, Aug. 2016, at 7.

(With Emily Hammond.) "The Clean Power Plan: Testing the Limits of Administrative Law and the Electric Grid," 7 The George Washington Journal of Energy & Environmental Law 1-17 (2016).

"The Rocky Relationship Between the Federal Trade Commission and Administrative Law," 83 The George Washington Law Review 2026-2048 (2016).

"Peter Strauss: Teacher, Scholar, and Ambassador at Large," 67 Administrative Law Review 369-384 (2015).

"Comparing Dutch and U.S. Approaches to Reducing Emissions of CO2," 20 Utilities Law Review 282 (2015).

"The Administrative Conference and Empirical Research," 83 The George Washington Law Review 1564-1574 (2015).

"Which Institution Should Determine Whether an Agency's Explanation of a Tax Decision Is Adequate?: A Response to Steve Johnson," 64 Duke Law Journal Online 1-17 (2014), http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=dlj_online.

"District Court Review of Findings of Fact Proposed by Magistrates: Reality Versus Fiction," 81 The George Washington Law Review 1236-1254 (2013).

"Natural Gas Fracking Addresses All of Our Major Problems," 4 The George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law 22-25 (2013).

"A Primer on Demand Response and a Critique of FERC Order 745," 3 The George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law 102-109 (2012).

"Legal Disputes Related to Climate Change Will Continue for a Century," 42 Environmental Law 1257-1274 (2012).

"Natural Gas: A Long Bridge to a Promising Destination," 32 Utah Environmental Law Review 245-252 (2012).

"Rulemaking Ossification Is Real: A Response to Testing the Ossification Thesis," 80 The George Washington Law Review 1493-1503 (2012).

(With Joshua Weiss.) "An Empirical Study of Judicial Review of Agency Interpretations of Agency Rules," 63 Administrative Law Review 515-523 (2011).

"Introduction to the OIRA 30th Anniversary Conference," 63 Administrative Law Review 1-6 (2011).

"Paul Verkuil: An Outstanding Scholar in His Spare Time," 32 Cardozo Law Review 2445-2457 (2011).

"The Past, Present, and Future of Energy Regulation," 31Utah Environmental Law Review 291-307 (2011).
     Available at: http://epubs.utah.edu/index.php/jlrel/article/view/516/381.

"What Do the Studies of Judicial Review of Agency Actions Mean?," 63 Administrative Law Review 77-98 (2011).

"What Should We Do About Social Security Disability Appeals?," 34 Regulation 34-41 (2011).

"Making Sense of Procedural Injury," 62 Administrative Law Review 1-18 (2010).

"Response: Presidential Control Is Better Than the Alternatives," 88 Texas Law Review See Also 113-124 (2010), http://www.texaslrev.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Pierce-88-TLRSA-113.pdf.

"What Factors Can an Agency Consider in Making a Decision," 2009 Michigan State Law Review 51-66.

"Chevron Should Not be Converted into a Voting Rule: A Response to Gersen & Vermeule's Proposal." 116 Yale Law Journal Pocket Part 248-253 (2007), http://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/chevron-should-not-be-converted-into-a-voting-rule-a-response-to-gersen-and-vermeuleas-proposal.

"Energy Independence and Global Warming." 21 Natural Resources and Environment no. 3, p. 68-71 (Winter 2007).

"How Agencies Should Give Meaning to the Statutes They Administer: A Response to Mashaw and Strauss." 59 Administrative Law Review 197-205 (2007).

(With Trebilcock, Michael, and Evan Thomas.) "Regional Electricity Market Integration: A Comparative Perspective," 8 Competition and Regulation in Network Industries 215-257 (2007).

"Waiting for Vermont Yankee III, IV, and V? A Response to Beermann and Lawson." 75 The George Washington Law Review 902-920 (2007).

(With Trebilcock, Michael & Evan Thomas). "Beyond Gridlock: The Case for Greater Integration of Regional Electricity Markets." Commentary, No. 228. (C.D. Howe Institute). (Mar. 2006).

"Democratizing the Administrative State." 48 William & Mary Law Review 559-611 (2006).

"Completing the Process of Restructuring the Electricity Market." 40 Wake Forest Law Review451-495 (2005).

"Environmental Regulation, Energy, and Market Entry." 15 Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum 167-186 (2005).

"Mergers in the U.S. Electric Power Industry." 6 Journal of Network Industries 3 (2005).

"The Nuclear Option: Will Investment be Derailed by Process?" 16 Spark 3 (2005).

"Waiting for Vermont Yankee II." 57 Administrative Law Review 669-686 (2005).

"Judge Lamberth's Reign of Terror at the Department of Justice." 56 Administrative Law Review 235-262 (2004).

"Reconstituting the Natural Gas Industry from Wellhead to Burnertip." 25 Energy Law Journal 57-112 (2004).

"Why FERC Must Mandate Efficiently Structured Regional ISOs--Now!" 12 The Electricity Journal no.1, p.49-56 (Jan./Feb. 1999)

"Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Return of Project Independence and Ratepayer-Funded DSM." 16 The Electricity Journal no.2, p.77-81 (Mar. 2003).

"Market Manipulation and Market Flaws." 16 The Electricity Journal no.1, p.39-46 (Jan./Feb. 2003).

"What is Navigable Water? Canoes Count But Kayaks Do Not." 53 Syracuse Law Review 1067-1092 (2003).

"Effects of the New Italian Constitution on Electricity Regulation: Lessons from the U.S. Experience." 19 Rassegna Giurdica Dell' Energia Elettrica 504 (2002).

"How Will the California Debacle Affect Energy Deregulation?" 54 Administrative Law Review 389-408 (2002).

"Regional Transmission Organizations: Federal Limitations Needed for Tort Liability." 23 Energy Law Journal 63-80 (2002).

"The Appropriate Role of Costs in Environmental Regulation." 54 Administrative Law Review 1237-1273 (2002).

"The Special Contributions of the D.C. Circuit to Administrative Law." 90 Georgetown Law Journal 779-786 (2002).

"Is Post-Chicago Economics Really for the Courtroom? A Response to Professor Brennan." 69 George Washington Law Review 1103-1125 (2001).

"Issues Raised by Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw Environmental Services: Access to the Courts for Environmental Plaintiffs." 11 Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum 207 (2001).

"Science, Agencies and the Courts: Is Three a Crowd?" (Panel Discussion). 30 Environmental Law Reporter 10125-10140 (January 2001).

"Antidumping Law as a Means of Facilitating Cartelization." 67 Antitrust Law Journal 725-743 (2000).

"Distinguishing Legislative Rules from Interpretative Rules." 52 Administrative Law Review 547-574 (2000).

"Reply to Thomas R. Howell." (Response to Thomas R. Howel, 68 Antitrust Law Journal 297-305). 68 Antitrust Law Journal 307 (2000).

"The Inherent Limits on Judicial Control of Agency Discretion: The D.C. Circuit and the Nondelegation Doctrine." 52 Administrative Law Review 63-95 (2000).

"Is Standing Law or Politics?" 77 North Carolina Law Review 1741-1789 (1999).

"The Relationship between the District of Columbia Circuit and its Critics." 67 George Washington Law Review 797-803 (1999).

"Causation in Government Regulation and Toxic Torts." 76 Washington University Law Quarterly 1307-1340 (1998).

"Conceptual Issues Raised by the PECO/Enron Dispute." 11 The Electricity Journal no.3, p.26-38 (Apr. 1998)

"Small is Not Beautiful: The Case against Special Regulatory Treatment of Small Firms." 50 Administrative Law Review 537-578 (1998).

"The Antitrust Implications of Energy Restructuring." 12 Natural Resources & Environment 269-275 (1998).

"FERC Must Adopt an Efficient Transmission Pricing System--Now" 10 The Electricity Journal no.8, p.79-85 (Oct. 1997).

"Judicial Review of Agency Actions in a Period of Diminishing Agency Resources." 49 Administrative Law Review 61-94 (1997).

"Merger Policy and Federalism." 10 The Electricity Journal no.7, p.49-55 (Aug./Sept. 1997).

"Reconciling Chevron and Stare Decisis." 85 Georgetown Law Review 2225-2263 (1997).

"Retail Gas Reform: Learning from the Georgia Model." 135 Public Utilities Fortnightly no.8, p.22-25 (Apr. 15, 1997).

"Agency Authority to Define the Scope of Private Rights of Action." 48 Administrative Law Review 1-29 (1996).

"Antitrust Policy in the New Electricity Journal." 17 Energy Law Journal 29-58 (1996).

"Rulemaking and the Administrative Procedure Act." 32 Tulsa Law Journal 185-201 (1996).

"Slow Down the Mega-Merger Feeding Frenzy." 9 Electricity Journal no.1, p.10-13 (Jan./Feb. 1996).

"The APA and Regulatory Reform." (Symposium on the 50th Anniversary of the APA). 10 The Administrative Law Journal of the American University 81-88 (1996).

"The Due Process Counterrevolution of the 1990s." 96 Columbia Law Review 1973-1999 (1996).

"Harvard Electricity Policy Group: Regulatory Decisionmaking Reform." (Includes Conference Addendum)(Panel Discussion). 8 The Administrative Law Journal of the American University 789-926 (1995).

"Justice Breyer: Intentionalist, Pragmatist and Empiricist." (Justice Stephen Breyer's Contribution to Administrative Law). 8 The Administrative Law Journal of the American University 747-754 (1995).

"Legislative Reform of Judicial Review Agency Actions." (Response to Articles by Sidney A. Shapiro and Richard E. Levy in same issue) (Twenty-Sixth Annual Administrative Law issue). 44 Duke Law Journal 1110-1132 (1995).

"Seven Ways to Deossify Agency Rulemaking." 47 Administrative Law Review 59-95 (1995).

"The Evolution of Natural Gas Regulatory Policy." 10 Natural Resources & Environment 53 (1995).

"The Supreme Court's New Hypertextualism: An Invitation to Cacophony and Incoherence in the Administrative State." 95 Columbia Law Review 749-781 (1995).

"The Advantages of De-Integrating the Electricity Industry." 7 The Electricity Journal no.9, p.16 (Nov. 1994).

"The State of the Transition to Competitive Markets in Natural Gas and Electricity." 15 Energy Law Journal 323-350 (1994).

"Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife: Standing as a Judicially Imposed Limit on Legislative Power." (Response to article by Gene R. Nichol in same issue). 42 Duke Law Journal 1170-1201 (1993).

"Experiences with Natural Gas Regulation and Competition in the U.S. Federal System: Lessons for Europe." in Natural Gas in the Internal Market: A Review of Energy Policy, edited by Ernst J. Mestmacker. London ; Boston: Graham & Trotman; Baden-Baden : Nomos, 1993.

(with Black, Bernard S.). "The Choice Between Markets and Central Planning in Regulating the U.S. Electricity Industry." 93 Columbia Law Review 1339-1441 (1993).

"Intrastate Natural Gas Regulation: An Alternative Perspective." (Response to Suedeen G. Kelly, 9 Yale Journal on Regulation 355 (1992)). 9 Yale Journal on Regulation 407-416 (1992).

"Placing the Duquesne Opinion in a Political Framework." (Response to article by A. Lawrence Kolbe and William B. Tye in same issue, p. 129). 15 Research in Law and Economics 171-182 (1992).

"Effectiveness of Judicial Review in Agency Cases." (Proceedings of the Fifty-First Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit) (Panel Discussion). 134 Federal Rules Decisions 440-463 (1991).

"How Much Should an Administrative Law Course Accomplish?: A Response to Schotland's (Roy A. Schotland) 'Five Easy Pieces.'" 43 Administrative Law Review 123-126 (1991).

"The Unintended Effects of Judicial Review of Agency Rules: How Federal Courts have Contributed to the Electricity Crisis of the 1990's." 43 Administrative Law Review 7-29 (1991).

"Political Control Versus Impermissible Bias in Agency Decisionmaking: Lessons from Chevron and Mistretta." (Special Issue: Administering the Administrative State). 57 University of Chicago Law Review 481-519 (1990).

(with Moglen, Eben). "Sunstein's New Canons: Choosing the Fictions of Statutory Interpretation." 57 University of Chicago Law Review 1203-1245 (1990).

"Unruly Judicial Review of Rulemaking." (Administrative Law and Practice). 5 Natural Resources & Environment 23 (1990).

"Using the Gas Industry as a Guide to Reconstituting the Electricity Industry." (Electric Power Symposium). 13 Research in Law and Economics 7-56 (1990).

"Who Will Mandate Access to Transmission: FERC or the Courts?" 125 Public Utilities Fortnightly 28-29 (1990).

"Public Utility Regulatory Takings: Should the Judiciary Attempt to Police the Political Institutions?" 77 Georgetown Law Journal 2031-2077 (1989).

"Separation of Powers and the Limits of Independence." (The American Constitutional Tradition of Shared and Separated Powers). 30 William and Mary Law Review 365-373 (1989).

"The Future of the Nantahala Doctrine in the Gas Industry." (Intergovernmental Relations - Whose Authority Ends Where?). 4 Natural Resources & Environment 21 (1989).

"The Role of the Judiciary in Implementing an Agency Theory of Government." 64 New York University Law Review 1239-1285 (1989).

"Chevron and its Aftermath: Judicial Review of Agency Interpretations of Statutory Provisions." 41 Vanderbilt Law Review 301-314 (1988).

"Morrison v. Olsen, Separation of Powers, and the Structure of Government." 1988 Supreme Court Review 1-41.

"Reconstituting the Natural Gas Industry from Wellhead to Burnertip." 9 Energy Law Journal 1-57 (1988).

"Two Problems in Administrative Law: Political Polarity on the District of Columbia Circuit and Judicial Deterrence of Agency Rulemaking." 1988 Duke Law Journal 300-328.

"Lessor-Lessee Relations in a Turbulent Gas Market." 38 Southwestern Legal Foundation Institute on Oil & Gas Law & Taxation 8-1 (1987).

"Political Accountability and Delegated Power: A Response to Professor Lowi." (A Symposium on Administrative Law, 'The Uneasy Constitutional Status of the Administrative Agencies,' April 4, 1986). 36 American University Law Review 391-418 (1987).

"State Non-Utility Regulation of Natural Gas Production, Transportation, and Marketing." in Institute on Natural Gas Marketing. Denver: Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 1987.

"State Regulation of Natural Gas in a Federally Deregulated Market: The Tragedy of the Commons Revisited." 73 Cornell Law Review 15-53 (1987).

"Use of the Federal Rules of Evidence in Federal Agency Adjudications." 39 Administrative Law Review 1-26 (1987).

"A Proposal to Deregulate the Market for Bulk Power." 72 Virginia Law Review 1183-1235 (1986).

"Institutional Aspects of Tort Reform." 73 California Law Review 917-940 (1985).

"Regulation, Deregulation, Federalism and Administrative Law: Agency Power to Preempt State Regulation." 46 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 607-671 (1985).

"The Role of Constitutional and Political Theory in Administrative Law." 64 Texas Law Review 469-525 (1985).

"Issues in Gas Contract Litigation." 35 Southwestern Legal Foundation Institute on Oil & Gas Law & Taxation 61-86 (1984).

"The Regulatory Treatment of Mistakes in Retrospect: Canceled Plants and Excess Capacity." 132 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 497-560 (1984).

"Current Issues in Regulation: Gas Purchase Contracts." in Proceedings of the Tertiary Oil Recovery Conference (1983).

"Reconsidering the Roles of Regulation and Competition in the Natural Gas Industry." 97 Harvard Law Review 345-385 (1983).

"The Constitutionality of State Environmental Taxes." (Symposium on Land Loss in the Louisiana Coastal Zone). 58 Tulane Law Review 169-214 (1983).

"The Market Value Royalty Controversy in Louisiana--The Case for the Lesser." 30 Annual Institute on Mineral Law 436-460 (1983).

"Developments in Natural Gas Regulation: High Cost Gas, Deregulation, and Contract Issues." (33rd Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation). 33 Southwestern Legal Foundation Institute on Oil & Gas Law & Taxation 1-16 (1982).

"Natural Gas Regulation, Deregulation and Contracts." 68 Virginia Law Review 63-115 (1982).

"Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Hearsay Form: Federal Rules of Evidence 803(6), 803(8), and 803(18)." 5 American Journal of Trial Advocacy 277-284 (1981).

Reprinted as "Admission of Expert Testimony in Hearsay Form: Federal Rules of Evidence 803(6), 803(8), and 803(18)." 17 Forum 500-509 (1981).

"Government Intervention in the Market for Oil and Gas: Price Controls, An Excise Tax, or Deregulation." 1 Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law 229-245 (1981).

"Introduction: Symposium on the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978." 29 University of Kansas Law Review 297-302 (1981).

(With Shapiro, Sidney A.). "Political and Judicial Review of Agency Action." 59 Texas Law Review 1175-1222 (1981).

"Encouraging Safety: The Limits of Tort Law and Government Regulation." 33 Vanderbilt Law Review 1281-1331 (1980).

"Producer Regulation Under the Natural Gas Policy Act." 31 Southwestern Legal Foundation Institute on Oil & Gas Law & Taxation 99-129 (1980).

"Changing Regulatory Environment of Natural Gas Producer." 27 Oil and Gas Tax Quarterly 420-443 (1979).

"Economic Insights Broaden Approach to Law Courses." 2 Kansas Business Review 3 (1979).

"The Choice Between Adjudicating and Rulemaking for Formulating and Implementing Energy Policy." 31 Hastings Law Journal 1-102 (1979).

"The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978," 26 Annual Institute on Mineral Law 1-25 (1979).

"Marginal Cost Pricing of Energy--But How?" 102 Public Utilities Fortnightly no.12, p.24-26 (Dec. 7, 1978).

"Natural Gas Rate Design--A Neglected Issue." 31 Vanderbilt Law Review 1089-1164 (1978).

"Obtaining Agency Consideration of a Competing Proposal: Alternatives to Ashbacker." 26 University of Kansas Law Review 185-200 (1978).

BOOK REVIEWS

Review of Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities, by Steven Wilder. 40 Journal of College and University Law 579-583 (2014).

"The Battle to Protect the American Public Will Become Even More Difficult." Review of The People's Agents and the Battle to Protect the American Public: Special Interests, Government, and Threats to Health, Safety, and the Environment, by Rena Steinzor and Sidney Shapiro. 79 The George Washington Law Review 845-859 (2011).

"Saving the Unitary Executive Theory from Those Who Would Distort and Abuse It." Review of The Unitary Executive, by Steven G. Calabresi and Christopher S. Yoo. 12 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 593-613 (2010).

"Outsourcing Is Not Our Only Problem." Review of Outsourcing, Sovereignty: Why Privatization of Government Functions Threatens Democracy and What We Can Do About It, by Paul R. Verkuil. 76 The George Washington Law Review 1216-1231 (2008).

Review of Imperfect Alternatives: Choosing Institutions in Law, Economics and Public Policy, by Neil K. Komesavin. 83 California Law Review 941-951 (1995).

"Price Level Regulation Based on Inflation Is Not An Attractive Alternative to Profit Level Regulation." Review of Price Level Regulation for Diversified Public Utilities: An Assessment, by Jordan Jay Hillman and Ronald Braeutigam. 84 Northwestern University Law Review 665-694 (1990).

Review of Energy, Politics and Public Policy, by Walter A. Rosenbaum, and Energy Policy in Perspective: Today's Problems, Yesterday's Solutions, edited by Craufurd D. Goodwin. 34 Vanderbilt Law Review 1751-1761 (1981).

OTHER

Opinion, On Misciting Marbury, Regul. Rev. (Jan. 29, 2024), https://www.theregreview.org/2024/01/29/pierce-on-misciting-marbury.

Opinion, Does the Constitution Require Agencies to Use Biased Judges?, Regul. Rev. (Oct. 2, 2023), https://www.theregreview.org/2023/10/02/pierce-does-the-constitution-require-agencies-to-use-biased-judges/.

Opinion, Are Most Federal Statutes Unconstitutional?, Regul. Rev. (Aug. 28, 2023), https://www.theregreview.org/2023/08/28/pierce-are-most-federal-statutes-unconstitutional.

The FTC Doesn’t Have the Power to Issue Substantive Rules, U.S.L.W. (Aug. 9, 2023, 4:00 AM).

Opinion, Merger Law is Dante’s Inferno Revisited, Regul. Rev. (Mar. 13, 2023), https://www.theregreview.org/2023/03/13/pierce-merger-law-is-dantes-inferno-revisited.

Opinion, Avoiding Unduly Concentrated Clean Energy Markets, Regul. Rev. (Sept. 19, 2022), https://www.theregreview.org/2022/09/19/pierce-avoiding-unduly-concentrated-clean-energy-markets.

Opinion, Abandoning Decades of Antitrust Precedent Won’t Reduce Inflation, The Hill (June 14, 2022, 4:30 PM),  https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3522812-abandoning-decades-of-antitrust-precedent-wont-reduce-inflation.

Opinion, Important Changes at the Intersection of Antitrust and Administrative Law, Regul. Rev. (Mar. 21, 2022), https://www.theregreview.org/2022/03/21/pierce-important-changes-at-the-intersection-antitrust-administrative-law/

Opinion, Vaccine Mandates and Roads Not Taken, Regul. Rev. (Jan. 24, 2022), https://www.theregreview.org/2022/01/24/pierce-vaccine-mandates-roads-not-taken.

Opinion, Compromise Between Radicals and Incrementalists in Antitrust Reform, Regul. Rev. (Dec. 6, 2021), https://www.theregreview.org/2021/12/06/pierce-compromise-radicals-incrementalists-antitrust-reform/.

Opinion, The Need to Change Jurisdiction Over the U.S. Electric Grid, Regul. Rev. (Nov. 8, 2021), https://www.theregreview.org/2021/11/08/pierce-need-to-change-jurisdiction-us-electric-grid.

Opinion, The Powell Doctrine Could Have Helped Us Avoid the Afghanistan Debacle, The Hill (Aug. 19, 2021, 3:01 PM), https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/568560-the-powell-doctrine-could-have-helped-us-avoid-the-afghanistan.

Opinion, Cognitive Limits on the Value of Consumer Autonomy, Regul. Rev. (March 15, 2021), https://www.theregreview.org/2021/03/15/pierce-cognitive-limits-on-consumer-autonomy/.

Opinion, The Biden Administration Should Abandon the Case Against Google, Regul. Rev. (Nov 9, 2020), https://www.theregreview.org/2020/11/09/pierce-biden-administration-should-abandon-case-against-google/

Opinion, Reason Trumps Pretext, Regul. Rev. (July 30, 2020), https://www.theregreview.org/2020/07/30/pierce-reason-trumps-pretext/.

Opinion, Ending Legislative Impotence, Regul. Rev. (July 13, 2020), https://www.theregreview.org/2020/07/13/pierce-ending-legislative-impotence.

Opinion, Delegation’s Critics Should Be Careful What They Wish For, Regul. Rev. (June 15, 2020), https://www.theregreview.org/2020/06/15/pierce-delegation-critics-careful-what-they-wish.

The Legal Framework Applicable to Charges of Rape and Sexual Assault, Yale J. Reg. Notice & Comment (May 8, 2020), https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/the-legal-framework-applicable-to-charges-of-rape-and-sexual-assault-by-richard-j-pierce-jr/.

Opinion, Natural Gas Is Key to Addressing Climate Change, Regul. Rev. (April 6, 2020), https://www.theregreview.org/2020/04/06/pierce-natural-gas-key-addressing-climate-change/.

Opinion, Delegation, Time, and Congressional Capacity, Regul. Rev. (March 9, 2020), https://www.theregreview.org/2020/03/09/pierce-delegation-time-congressional-capacity.

Opinion, Democrats Should Not Jeopardize 2020 Victory with Impeachment, The Hill (May 29, 2019, 6:00PM), https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/446025-democrats-should-not-jeopardize-2020-victory-with-impeachment.

Opinion, Has the Supreme Court Endorsed the Use of Junk Science in the Administrative State?, Regul. Rev. (April 29, 2019), https://www.theregreview.org/2019/04/29/pierce-has-supreme-court-endorsed-junk-science-administrative-state/.

Opinion, Can Progressives Govern?, The Hill (Feb. 22, 2019, 7:00PM), https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/431221-can-progressives-govern.

Opinion, Sometimes the Trump Administration Strengthens the Rule of Law, Regul. Rev. (Feb. 19, 2019), https://www.theregreview.org/2019/02/19/pierce-trump-education-department-strengthen-law/

Formalism v. Functionalism Redux, Yale J. Reg. Notice & Comment (Jan. 23, 2019), http://yalejreg.com/nc/formalism-v-functionalism-redux-by-richard-j-pierce-jr/.

Bad Faith and the Record Rule, Yale J. Reg. Notice & Comment (Oct. 24, 2018), http://yalejreg.com/nc/bad-faith-and-the-record-rule-richard-j-pierce-jr/.

Opinion, Pipeline Opposition Impedes Climate Change Mitigation, Regul. Rev. (Sept. 13, 2018), https://www.theregreview.org/2018/09/13/pipeline-opposition-impedes-climate-change-mitigation/.

Shortcuts in the Process of Issuing or Repealing Rules, Yale J. Reg. Notice & Comment (Sept. 4, 2018), http://yalejreg.com/nc/shortcuts-in-the-process-of-issuing-or-repealing-rules-by-richard-j-pierce-jr/.

Opinion, Putting Trump’s “Affordable Clean EnergyPlan in Perspective, Regul. Rev. (August 28, 2018), https://www.theregreview.org/2018/08/28/pierce-trumps-affordable-clean-energy-plan-perspective/.

Opinion, Regulatory Reform Under Reagan and Trump, Regul. Rev. (July 30, 2018), https://www.theregreview.org/2018/07/30/pierce-regulatory-reform-reagan-trump/.

The Colorado Baker Opinion Should Not Be Considered an Administrative Law Precedent, Yale J. Reg. Notice & Comment (June 7, 2018), http://yalejreg.com/nc/the-colorado-baker-opinion-should-not-be-considered-an-administrative-law-precedent-by-richard-j-pierce-jr/.

Opinion, The Travel Ban in Court, Regul. Rev. (April 27, 2018), https://www.theregreview.org/2018/04/27/pierce-travel-ban-court/.

Opinion, The Easy Path to Firing Mueller, Regul. Rev. (April 16, 2018), https://www.theregreview.org/2018/04/16/pierce-path-firing-mueller/.

Notice and Comment Online Symposium on Lucia v. SEC, Yale J. Reg. Notice & Comment (Apr. 5, 2018), http://yalejreg.com/nc/notice-and-comment-online-symposium-on-lucia-v-sec-contribution-by-richard-j-pierce-jr/.

(With Robert L. Glicksman, Emily Hammond, Jonathan Siegel & Alan B. Morrison.)  Brief for Administrative Law Scholars as Amicus Curiae Supporting Neither Party, Lucia v. U.S. Sec. & Exch. Comm’n, No. 17-130 (U.S. Feb. 26, 2018).
     Reprinted in:  Lucia et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission, Brief Amicus Curia of Administrative Law Scholars in Support of Neither Party, 38 J. Nat’l Ass’n Admin. L. Judiciary 203 (2018).

Opinion, Finding a Path Back to Democratic Governance, Regul. Rev. (Feb 26, 2018), https://www.theregreview.org/2018/02/26/pierce-path-democratic-governance/.

Opinion, Republicans Discover the Mythical Basis for Regulatory Reform, Regul. Rev. (Jan 30, 2018), https://www.theregreview.org/2018/01/30/pierce-republicans-mythical-basis-regulatory-reform/.

What Actually Happened in Chevron, Yale J. Reg. Notice & Comment (Jan. 23, 2018), http://yalejreg.com/nc/what-actually-happened-in-chevron-by-richard-j-pierce-jr/.

Confessions of an Administrative Law Pollyanna, Yale J. Reg. Notice & Comment (Jan. 16, 2018), http://yalejreg.com/nc/confessions-of-an-administrative-law-pollyanna-by-richard-j-pierce-jr/.

Chenery II Poses No Threat to Liberty, Yale J. Reg. Notice & Comment (Nov. 27, 2017), http://yalejreg.com/nc/chenery-ii-poses-no-threat-to-liberty-by-richard-j-pierce-jr/.

Opinion, The Secretary of Energy’s Tariff Proposal Would Be Disastrous, Regul. Rev. (Oct. 26, 2017), https://www.theregreview.org/2017/10/26/pierce-energy-tariff-disastrous/.

Comments on Proposed Rule for Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule, F.E.R.C. Dkt. No. RM18-1-000 (October 16, 2017), https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?document_id=14610001.

Opinion, A Good Effort, with One Glaring Flaw, Regul. Rev. (May 8, 2017), https://www.theregreview.org/2017/05/08/pierce-good-effort-glaring-flaw/.

Opinion, Putting in Perspective Trump’s Unwinding of Obama’s Climate Policy, Regul. Rev. (April 19, 2017), https://www.theregreview.org/2017/04/19/pierce-putting-perspective-trumps-unwinding-obamas-climate-policy/.

Rethinking Negotiated Rulemaking, JOTWELL, Dec. 2, 2016, http://adlaw.jotwell.com/rethinking-negotiated-rulemaking.

Why Empirical Examination of Seminole Rock Is Important, Yale J. Reg. Notice & Comment (Sept. 13, 2016), http://yalejreg.com/nc/why-empirical-examination-of-seminole-rock-is-important-by-richard-j-pierce-jr/.

The Chevron Doctrine: Constitutional and Statutory Questions in Judicial Deference to Agencies: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Regulatory Reform, Commercial & Antitrust Law of the H. Comm. on the Judiciary, 114th Cong. 56-66 (2016) (statement of Richard J. Pierce, Jr., Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School), https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-114hhrg99454/pdf/CHRG-114hhrg99454.pdf.

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: Opportunities for Improvement to Support State and Local Governments: Hearings Before the Subcomm. on Regulatory Affairs & Federal Management of the S. Comm. on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, 114th Cong. 12-13 (2016), (statement of Richard J. Pierce, Jr., Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School), https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-114shrg99989/pdf/CHRG-114shrg99989.pdf.

An Introduction to a Regulatory Budget: Hearing Before the House Comm. on the Budget, 114th  Cong., July 7, 2016, (statement of Richard J. Pierce, Jr., Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School), https://budget.house.gov/media-center/videos/watch/2016-010-hearing-an-introduction-to-regulatory-budgeting-eventid105154

Accounting for the True Cost of Regulation: Exploring the Possibility of a Regulatory Budget: Joint Hearing Before S. Comm. on Budget and S. Comm. on Homeland Security & Gov't Aff., 114th  Cong.  65-68 (2015), (statement of Richard J. Pierce, Jr., Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School), https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-114shrg20564/pdf/CHRG-114shrg20564.pdf.