Statement #19 – Issue Exhaustion in Pre-Enforcement Judicial Review of Administrative Rulemaking examines judicial application of an issue exhaustion requirement in pre-enforcement review of administrative rulemaking.
Citation: Admin. Conf. of the U.S., Statement #19, Issue Exhaustion in Pre-Enforcement Judicial Review of Administrative Rulemaking, 80 Fed. Reg. 60611 (Oct. 7, 2015).
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Statement # 19: Issue Exhaustion in Pre-Enforcement Judicial Review of Administrative Rulemaking
The doctrine of issue exhaustion generally bars a litigant challenging agency action from raising issues in court that were not raised first with the agency. Although the doctrine originated in the context of agency adjudication, it has been extended to judicial review of challenges to agency rulemakings. Scholars have observed that issue exhaustion cases “conspicuously lack discussion of whe