Law professors to discuss 'Oversight Riders' paper

The Levin Center at Wayne Law will offer an online presentation on "Oversight Riders" by Professors Kevin M. Stack and Michael P. Vandenbergh of Vanderbilt Law School. Stack and Vandenbergh's will discuss their award-winning paper "Oversight Riders" (Notre Dame Law Review 2022) Tuesday, February 22, from noon to 1:15 p.m. via Zoom. "Oversight Riders" won the 2021 Levin Center Award for Excellence in Oversight Research, a yearly award by the Levin Center to promote constructive research into oversight by legislative bodies. The Levin Center Award for Excellence in Oversight Research is designed to encourage, acknowledge, and heighten the visibility of scholarly papers examining important oversight issues at the national, state, tribal, local or international levels. Stack and Professor Vandenbergh offer a compelling, timely, and original thesis on an important appropriations mechanism long overlooked as a way to create personal incentives for executive branch officials to comply with congressional information requests. To register for the free online discussion, visit https://levin-center.org. Anyone with questions may email the Levin Center at Wayne Law at levincenter@wayne.edu. Published: Tue, Jan 25, 2022