Recent Articles of Interest.

This document is a compilation of recent articles on various topics related to administrative and regulatory law. The first article discusses the influence of local historic commissions in protecting privately-owned historic sites in the absence of strong legal protections from federal and state governments. The second article examines the application of the major questions doctrine in lower federal courts, highlighting the lack of consistency and clarity in its interpretation. The third article proposes using the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as a model for reforming immigration adjudication to prioritize decisions based on substance rather than procedural technicalities. The fourth article explores the misinterpretation of Myers v. United States and its impact on the development of the administrative state. The fifth article discusses the limitations of Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act in addressing the problems of decentralized knowledge and constructivist rationality, and suggests innovative rulemaking mechanisms to overcome these limitations. The final article examines how the law contributes to the erasure and discrimination of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming individuals in automated administrative systems that rely on binary gender data. [Extracted from the article]