Prevailing constitutional interpretation sees Congress’s role as legislative, but members of Congress frequently exert nonlegislative influence on agencies by intervening directly on individual claimants’ behalf. This Feature provides an empirical portrait of congressional intervention in veterans’ appeals through internal administrative data and discusses its implications for constitutional and administrative law.

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国会干预机构裁决：退伍军人上诉案

现行的宪法解释认为国会的角色是立法的，但国会议员经常通过直接代表个人索赔人进行干预，对各机构施加非立法影响。本专题通过内部行政数据提供了国会干预退伍军人上诉的实证描述，并讨论了其对宪法和行政法的影响。