Process

When Boston school leaders sought to use algorithms to redesign the bus schedule, equity remained a challenge.

Even during budget crises, federal law empowers agencies to use appropriations to defend civil cases.

Over the last two years, OIRA has made many positive contributions to the administrative state.

Deregulatory rebuttable presumptions would help advance the goals of the Telecommunications Act.

Court’s ruling could determine the procedure for changing hospital reimbursement formulas.

Regulatory benefit-cost analysis should account for people’s welfare, not just empirical data.

Lawmakers should be trained to limit excessive regulation.

Contrary to criticisms, Auer deference does not encourage agencies to self-delegate.

A case challenging sex offender registration could revive the long-slumbering nondelegation doctrine.

Independent agencies should take steps to conduct more thorough economic analysis when writing regulations.

Triaging serious cases and simplifying criminal procedure could raise significant risks.

Barton and Bibas’s suggestions about misdemeanor would increase charges and harm defendants.