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Authorized Partnerships: Lay Participation in Administrative Process and the South Dakota Cannabis File
A July 2026 working paper by Anthony M. Bertelli treats lay participation in administration as more than a courtesy window on a proposed rule.¹ The claim is institutional, not sentimental. Carefully designed participation, he argues, can function as an “authorized partnership”: a legally structured encounter in which ordinary people help keep public administration tied to…