Referral, Remand, and Dialogue in Administrative Law

13 Pages Posted: 8 Feb 2016 Last revised: 29 Mar 2016

Date Written: February 5, 2016

Abstract

In response to Alberto R. Gonzales & Patrick Glen, Advancing Executive Branch Immigration Policy Through the Attorney General’s Review Authority, 101 Iowa L. Rev. 841 (2016).

In Advancing Executive Branch Immigration Policy Through the Attorney General’s Review Authority, former U.S. Attorney General and now Dean Alberto Gonzales and current Office of Immigration Litigation attorney Patrick Glen provide a rich account of a longstanding but little-used regulatory tool for immigration adjudication: the Attorney General’s referral and review authority. This Response argues that the Attorney General’s referral authority presents federal courts with a powerful, yet previously overlooked tool to engage in a dialogue with the agency when remanding cases to the BIA. In particular, this dialogue-enhancing tool helps courts exercise a more profound systemic effect on agency adjudication. The Response concludes by encouraging Congress, agencies, and courts to develop similar tools in other agency adjudication contexts in order to allow courts to have a more systemic effect on agency decisionmaking and a richer dialogue with agencies on remand.

Keywords: immigration, remand, administrative law, dialogue

Suggested Citation

Walker, Christopher J., Referral, Remand, and Dialogue in Administrative Law (February 5, 2016). Iowa Law Review Online, Vol. 101, pp. 84-96, 2016, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 330, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2728520

Christopher J. Walker (Contact Author)

University of Michigan Law School ( email )

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Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215
United States

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