Trump v. Slaughter · ¶107

All told, Wilson and his followers argued for an entirely new model of “[p]ublic administration.” Wilson, Study of Administration 212. To be sure, this model had its nuances, and its proponents their disagreements. But a few ideas were central to the project. First, new agencies needed to be created and staffed by scientific and technical “expert[s]” with the “technical skill” to translate “far-reaching . . . legislation into reality.” Landis 25–26; id., at 23–25 (emphasizing the “need for expertness”).

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