Eric Bolinder

Education

• J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
• B.A., James Madison University

Areas of Interest/Teaching

Administrative Law; Civil Procedure; Lawyering Skills; Constitutional Law

Publications

• Eric Bolinder, Seizing the Duty of Congress: The President’s Unilateral Implementation of Tariffs is Unconstitutional, 101 Ind. L. J. Supp. (forthcoming 2025).
• Eric Bolinder, Litigating Loper Bright: Interpretive Challenges and Solutions for the Post-Chevron Era, 128 W.V. L. Rev. (forthcoming Nov. 2025).
• Eric Bolinder, Fishing for Justice: The Legal and Moral Case for Loper Bright, 19 Liberty Univ. L. Rev. 357 (2024).

Academic Presentations

• The Constitutionality and Economics of Presidential Tariffs and Impoundment, Federalist Society Executive Branch Review Conference XIII, May 7, 2025 (with Trent McCotter, Philip Wallach, and Eric Soskin).
• The Future of Administrative Statutes, Federalist Society Faculty Conference at the AALS Annual Conference, January 10, 2025 (with Ilan Wurman, Brian Slocum, and Tara Leigh Grove).
• Supreme Court Review Liberty University School of Law August 23, 2024 (with Rodney Chrisman, Natalie Roads, Erik Stanley, Tory Lucas, and Wesley Vorberger).

Other Media and Publications

• CODA Is a Drama About Excessive Regulation, Wall St. J., (Apr. 3, 2022), https://www.wsj.com/articles/coda-is-a-drama-about-excessive-regulation-best-picture-hollywood-academy-award-noaa-film-11649016087.
• Eric Bolinder & Limiting The Power Of Federal Agencies, Ben Domenech Show, FoxNews Radio, May 23, 2023, https://radio.foxnews.com/2023/05/22/eric-bolinder-limiting-the-power-of-federal-agencies/.
• Webinar: Hollywood’s Recent Best Picture Winner Shines a Spotlight on the Harms of the Administrative State, Fed. Soc. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice Group (May 12, 2022), https://fedsoc.org/events/hollywood-s-recent-best-picture-winner-shines-a-spotlight-on-the-harms-of-the-administrative-state.
• Cause of Action Institute, Case Study on the CPFB’s Arbitration Rule: How the Bureau Evaded Scientific Guidelines and Bypassed Peer Review – And How to Fix It, (July 19, 2018), https://causeofaction.org/cfpb-report-2018/.

Representative Cases

• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. 369 (2024) (overturning Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Nat. Res. Def. Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984)).
• Trade Comm’n v. Vylah Tec LLC, 727 F. App’x 998 (11th Cir. 2018) (vacating lower court’s preliminary injunction in FTC enforcement action).
• Trade Comm’n v. Vylah Tec LLC, 378 F. Supp. 3d 1134 (M.D. Fla. 2019) (denying monetary relief to the FTC following trial).

Biography

Professor Eric Bolinder joined Liberty University School of Law after a 10-year career in public interest litigation, working both as counsel at Cause of Action Institute and managing policy counsel at Americans for Prosperity Foundation.

During his litigation career, Professor Bolinder notably argued Loper Bright at the D.C. Circuit and was part of the team that took it from the district court to the Supreme Court. In 2024, the Supreme Court decided Loper Bright in a landmark decision that materially altered the field of administrative law by overturning the 40-year precedent of Chevron deference.

Professor Bolinder’s scholarship focuses on administrative and constitutional law, with recent pieces analyzing the President’s power to implement tariffs and lower court integration of Loper Bright.

He is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar and the Virginia State Bar as well as the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Fourth, and D.C. Circuits, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Most importantly, Professor Bolinder is a sinner redeemed by the blood of Jesus, a husband, and a proud father of three girls.