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List of legislation relevant to procedural rights

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Procedural rights
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Procedural rights encompass debates about individual due process and standing before administrative agency adjudication and enforcement actions. Procedural rights also include citizen access agency rulemaking processes and decision making proceedings. Procedural rights and due process are core concepts within the Public Control pillar, one of the five pillars Ballotpedia uses to understand the main areas of debate about the nature and scope of the administrative state.

The following page contains two tables. The first table lists major laws governing due process rights within the administrative state. The second table contains laws related to standing.

Laws related to due process

The laws listed in this table relate to due process within the administrative state.

Laws relevant to due process
Law Year State or Federal Impact
Magna Carta, Chapter 39 1215 English This section says no free man will be prosecuted or harmed except by the lawful judgment of his peers and by the law of the land
Maryland Constitution Declaration of Rights, Article 21 1776 State Contained a provision restricting punishments for people “by the judgment of his peers, or the Law of the Land”
North Carolina Constitution Declaration of Rights, Section 12 1776 State Contained a provision restricting punishments for people “but by the law of the land”
Pennsylvania Constitution Declaration of Rights, Section 9 1776 State Contained a provision restricting punishments for people "except by the laws of the land, or the judgment of his peers"
Virginia Constitution Bill of Rights, Section 8 1776 State Contained a provision restricting punishments for people "except by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers"
South Carolina Constitution, Article 41 1778 State Contained a provision restricting punishments for people “but by the judgment of his peers or by the law of the land”
Massachusetts Constitution Declaration of Rights, Article 12 1780 State Contained a provision restricting punishments for people “but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land”
Vermont Constitution, Chapter 1, section 11 1786 State Contained a provision restricting punishments for people "except by the laws of the land, or the judgment of his peers"
Pennsylvania Constitution, Article 9, Section 9 1790 State Contained a provision restricting punishments for people “unless by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land”
Delaware Constitution, Article 1, section 7 1792 State Contained a provision restricting punishments for people “unless by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land”
Illinois Constitution, Article 8, section 8 1818 State Contained a provision restricting punishments for people “but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land”
New York Constitution, Article 7, Section 1 1821 State Contained a provision restricting punishments for people “unless by the law of the land, or by the judgment of his peers”
South Carolina Constitution, Article 1, Section 14 1868 State Contained a provision restricting punishments for people "but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land"
Section 1983 (Title 42 U.S. Code) 1871 Federal Part of the Civil RIghts Act of 1871 and the primary means of enforcing all constitutional rights
Civil Rights Act of 1957, Pub. L. No. 85-315, 71 Stat. 634 1957* Federal Required the Civil Rights Commission to hold investigative hearings before a subcommittee of two or more members with at least one from each major political party and 1964 amendments provided more access to counsel
Georgia Code Ann. §92A-729 1958 State Georgia was the only state at the time that provided for the presence of counsel during inquisitions by officials looking into suspicious fires
5 U.S.C. § 7531 1966* Federal Defined agency broadly and empowered agency heads to suspend or remove employees when they determined that removal or suspension was necessary or advisable in the interest of national security; employees with permanent appointments who were suspended were entitled to a written statement of the charges against them before removal
Crime Control Act of 1970, Codified in part in 18 U.S.C. § 1968(a) 1970* Federal Empowered the U.S. Attorney General to require people suspected of racketeering to produce materials for investigation prior to the start of an official civil or criminal proceeding; another provision created a special grand jury to report to the court on organized crime
Administrative Procedure Act 5 U.S.C. § 555(b) 1946* Federal Section 6a says that a person who must appear before an agency or its representative has the right to an attorney or another qualified representative if permitted
50 U.S.C. § 833(a) 1970* Federal Gave the Secretary of Defense the power to dismiss employees of the National Security Agency without a hearing, the right to cross-examination, the right to have the information against the employee revealed, or the right to an appeal
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. § 2301 1978* Federal Gave applicants the right to an oral hearing
Notes: * - These descriptions reflect the state of the law at the listed date.

Laws related to standing

The laws listed in this table relate to standing within the administrative state.

Laws relevant to standing
Law Year State or Federal Impact
U.S. Constitution, Article III, §2 1787 Federal Extended the judicial power to certain cases and controversies
Act of July 31, 1789, ch. 5, § 29, 1 Stat. 29 1789 Federal Allowed lawsuits against private violators of law in addition to executive officials
Act of Mar. 3, 1791, ch. 15, § 44, 1 Stat. 199 1791 Federal Allowed qui tam** suits to enforce a ban on importing liquor without paying duties
Act. of Feb. 20, 1792, ch. 7, § 25, 1 Stat. 232 1792 Federal Allowed qui tam suits to enforce compliance with postal requirements
Act of Mar. 22, 1794, ch. 11, § 2, 1 Stat. 347 1794 Federal Allowed qui tam suits to enforce the criminalization of the foreign slave trade
Act of May 19, 1796, ch. 30, § 18, 1 Stat. 469 1796 Federal Allowed qui tam suits to enforce a ban on trade with certain Indian tribes
Administrative Procedure Act, Act of June 11, 1946, ch. 324, 60 Stat. 237, 243, 5 U.S.C. § 702 1946* Federal Section 702 describes who may sue administrative agencies in court and on what grounds
Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1(20 1976* Federal Granted standing to parties in interest
Federal Aviation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1486(a) 1976* Federal Granted standing to persons disclosing a substantial interest
Federal Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 402(b)(6) 1982* Federal Gave any person aggrieved or whose interests were adversely affected standing to sue the government acting under that law
Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2619 1988* Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. § 1270 1988* Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Clean Water Act of 1976, 33 U.S.C. § 1365 1988* Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, 33 U.S.C. § 1415(g)(1) 1988* Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300j-8 1988* Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Noise Control Act of 1972, 42 U.S.C. § 4911 1988* Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6305 1988* Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6972 1988* Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7604 1988* Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 9659 1988* Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, 42 U.S.C. § 8435 1988* Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. § 11046(a)(1) 1988* Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1349 1988* Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, 49 U.S.C. § 2014 1988 Federal Example of a law in which Congress used a citizen-suit provision to expand standing and control inadequate enforcement of the law
Notes: * - These descriptions reflect the state of the law at the listed date.


** - Qui tam is Latin for "who as well" and refers to lawsuits brought by whistleblowers "against a person or company who is believed to have violated the law in the performance of a contract with the government or in violation of a government regulation, when there is a statute which provides for a penalty for such violations."[1]

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