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Justice Samuel Alito: I found it interesting to hear you make the nondelegation argument, Mr. Katyal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The doctrine displays the same vagueness of standards that the court finds objectionable, under the nondelegation rubric, when authority is granted to agencies.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022

But a concurring opinion by Justice Gorsuch, joined by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., discussed the nondelegation doctrine with apparent relish.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022

Judge O’Connor, in a ruling issued on Feb. 25, looked kindly on Kelley’s nondelegation and appointments clause claims, rejecting a government motion to have those claims thrown out.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2021

The standard move for nondelegation theorists, faced with this avalanche of evidence that this is how the founders governed, is to say: Ah the constitution changed everything.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2021