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Law's Jonathan Adler highlights Trump administration’s failure to follow the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)

MEDIA | February 19, 2025
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This obscure law is one reason Trump's agenda keeps losing in court
NBC NewsJonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, highlighted the Trump administration’s frequent failure to follow proper procedures under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), leading courts to block several policies as "arbitrary and capricious." However, Adler noted that early mistakes could still be remedied, as seen in revised policies from Trump’s first term.

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