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Recycling Regulation Should Measure Quality, Not Just Tonnage

Recycling Regulation Should Measure Quality, Not Just Tonnage

Recycling regulations should reward usable recovered materials, not just collection volume.

A Resilient Web of State and Local Enforcers

A Resilient Web of State and Local Enforcers

Terri Gerstein discusses how states and cities can protect workers as federal oversight recedes.

GLP-1 Compounding After Drug Shortages

GLP-1 Compounding After Drug Shortages

Experts debate how to balance patient safety and affordable access to weight-loss medications.

A Health Care Desert for Mothers

A Health Care Desert for Mothers

Scholar argues that rural hospital mergers put mothers at risk and suggests policy reforms.

A Legislative Lifeline for Independent Regulatory Agencies?

A Legislative Lifeline for Independent Regulatory Agencies?

Congress should require the President to replace agency heads after terminating them.

Why Past Rail Mergers Are a Poor Guide

Why Past Rail Mergers Are a Poor Guide

The Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern deal should be evaluated by weighing its potential benefits.

Why Financial Regulators Will Turn to Exams Over Rulemaking

Why Financial Regulators Will Turn to Exams Over Rulemaking

Changes in technology and the law will make “policymaking by examination” more attractive to regulators.

Calls for Change in the Regulation of Telehealth Medicine

Calls for Change in the Regulation of Telehealth Medicine

Scholars propose reforms to improve virtual care and access.

High-Risk AI and the Limits of Risk-Based Regulation

High-Risk AI and the Limits of Risk-Based Regulation

Scholars argue that the EU’s risk-based AI rules need strengthening to protect fundamental rights.

The Nondelegation Doctrine as a Check on Presidential Power

The Nondelegation Doctrine as a Check on Presidential Power

Scholar argues that courts should scrutinize delegations to the President more closely than those to agencies.

A Roadmap for Regulating Robotaxies

A Roadmap for Regulating Robotaxies

Scholars propose regulations to leverage the benefits of robotaxis while managing the risks.

Are Americans Unknowingly Exporting an Environmental Crisis?

Are Americans Unknowingly Exporting an Environmental Crisis?

Americans’ clothing donations often merely export environmental hazards to the Global South.