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At the 17th annual Friedrich A. Von Hayek Lecture on November 16, Steven Menashi, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, spoke about the impact of Congress’s declining role in administrative policymaking. Menashi argued that the transition to administrative governance has eroded the deliberative process, and discussed ways to reinstate foundational legislative values through a range of reform measures.

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An expert on administrative law and civil procedure, Menashi has served on the Second Circuit since 2019. He held positions as acting general counsel at the US Department of Education and as special assistant and associate counsel to President Donald Trump. A former partner at Kirkland & Ellis, Menashi also spent three years as a research fellow at NYU Law and the Opperman Institute for Judicial Administration between 2013 and 2016.