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When Is an Independent Agency Independent?

When Is an Independent Agency Independent?

More than a century ago, President Grover Cleveland signed the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 into law and ushered in a new form of regulation and regulatory oversight—the independent regulatory

Amid the Norm Smashing, Some Durability Remains

Amid the Norm Smashing, Some Durability Remains

…tells agencies to “continue to assess and consider both the benefits and costs of regulatory actions, including deregulatory actions, when making regulatory decisions, and issue regulations only upon a reasoned…

Regulatory Benefit-Cost Analysis Under the Trump Administration

Regulatory Benefit-Cost Analysis Under the Trump Administration

regulatory alternatives, including the alternative of not regulating.” During the first 100 days of his Administration, President Donald J. Trump issued several executive orders that will affect regulatory development. Three…

Focusing AI Governance on Qualitative Capability Leaps

Focusing AI Governance on Qualitative Capability Leaps

…scheduling applications, and other AI systems that present no novel threat vectors. The current regulatory approach risks imposing a stifling regulatory fog over these technologies. This fog creates uncertainty that…

President Trump’s First 100 Days of Deregulation

President Trump’s First 100 Days of Deregulation

…and regulatory agencies during the first 100 days of his second term. The essays featured in this series examine key questions raised by some of President Trump’s principal regulatory directives,…

The Future of Scientific Innovation

The Future of Scientific Innovation

…and the Journal of Law and Biosciences. The Regulatory Review is pleased to share the following interview with Arti K. Rai. The Regulatory Review: What institutions regulate patents in the…

Time Will Tell

Time Will Tell

…deeper rationale than I offered for President Reagan’s 1985 executive order requiring agencies to periodically disclose to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) their future regulatory agendas. This…

Could the Major Questions Doctrine Limit Reciprocal Tariffs?

Could the Major Questions Doctrine Limit Reciprocal Tariffs?

…in these areas were unforeseeable. The Supreme Court historically gave agencies the flexibility to address big issues when they arose. Regulatory agencies, the Court observed more than a half-century ago,…

A Sweeping History of Regulation

A Sweeping History of Regulation

…last chapter, Graham presents a list of issues that the regulatory system should make priorities. Climate change is allotted five lines, while subjects such as deregulatory legislation, lookback reviews to…

The Supreme Court’s Reassuring Opinion on Agency Decision-Making

The Supreme Court’s Reassuring Opinion on Agency Decision-Making

…persistent critics of agencies. First, the Court reiterated that “unless Congress has specified otherwise, agencies are generally free to develop regulatory standards ‘either by general legislative rule or by individual…

Regulatory Retrospection Amid the Smashing of Expertise

Regulatory Retrospection Amid the Smashing of Expertise

…and deconstruct entire regulatory agencies. Each sketch is packed with details about the specific concerns leading to a proposed regulatory or deregulatory action, the wider political context, eventual decision-making, a…

Regulatory Reform from Nixon to Obama … and From Trump Onwards

Regulatory Reform from Nixon to Obama … and From Trump Onwards

Professor John Graham may be underselling his book by titling it Regulatory Reform from Nixon to Biden. In fact, it is much more a history of the regulatory state in…