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State Legislative & Administrative Processes

Learn about state administrative processes, including how state constitutions, legislatures, and agencies affect and apply those processes.

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I. Introduction

In our federalist governmental system, states are separate sovereigns from the federal government. Although the two sets of sovereigns coexist within the boundaries of each state, each sovereign possesses certain powers that the other does not. Article VI of the Constitution states that federal constitutional provisions, validly enacted federal statutes, and validly promulgated federal regulations are the supreme law of the land. They trump any inconsistent state constitutional...

Lessons

    • 1. Welcome
    • Welcome
    2. Federal Systems of Legislation & Regulation
    • The Federal Constitutional System of Legislation and Regulation
    • Overview of Sources of Federal Law
    • The Constitution and Legislative Power
    3. Federal Legislative Processes
    • How a Bill Becomes a Law
    • Delegation of Congressional Lawmaking Power to Agencies I
    • Delegation of Congressional Lawmaking and Judicial Power to Agencies II
    4. Statutory Interpretation
    • Philosophical Views of the Judiciary’s Role and Common Interpretive Problems
    • Differing Theories of Statutory Interpretation
    • Legislative History and its Use in Interpreting Statutes
    • Canons of Statutory Interpretation I
    • Canons of Statutory Interpretation II
    • Canons of Statutory Interpretation III
    • Canons of Statutory Interpretation IV
    5. Agency Action, State Processes, & Courts
    • The History and Evolution of the Administrative State
    • Federal Regulatory Processes
    • Executive Branch Control of Agencies and Judicial Review of Agency Action
    • Judicial Review of Agency Action Under the APA
    • State Legislative & Administrative Processes
    • Judicial Process