Administrative Law

The First Step: Let’s Kill All the Regulations

The First Step: Let’s Kill All the Regulations

Romney’s strongest reform proposals would dramatically change regulation in the U.S.

Strong Politics, Weak Prospects

Strong Politics, Weak Prospects

Romney’s plan is a promising political statement, but its practical suggestions fall short.

Romney’s Regulatory Plan

Romney’s Regulatory Plan

The Regulatory Review’s five-part series on Romney’s regulatory plan features unique commentary by legal experts on regulation and administrative law.

Romney’s Regulatory Agenda – Right Turn?

Romney’s Regulatory Agenda – Right Turn?

Romney’s proposals could be productive changes to regulatory review policy.

A New Measure of the Quality of Regulatory Analysis

A New Measure of the Quality of Regulatory Analysis

Our Report Card project scores the use of regulatory analysis in agency rulemakings.

In Search of Slowness

In Search of Slowness

Systematic empirical research casts into doubt claims that rulemaking procedures have slowed down the regulatory process.

Do Expert Agencies Outperform Generalist Judges?

Do Expert Agencies Outperform Generalist Judges?

Empirical evidence suggests that expert agencies perform no better than courts.

Rule of Law Prevails in Sackett v. EPA

Rule of Law Prevails in Sackett v. EPA

Don’t believe either the environmentalists or the property rights supporters.

The Proper Limits of the Congressional Regulatory Veto

The Proper Limits of the Congressional Regulatory Veto

The CRA’s ban on issuing “substantially similar” rules has been misunderstood

Environmental Regulation Should Not Distort Competition

Environmental Regulation Should Not Distort Competition

Policy makers must consider how environmental regulation affects markets.

A Backwards Idea from the FCC

A Backwards Idea from the FCC

The public should not be required to submit copies of material cited in rulemaking comments.

Regulatory Opinion: Year in Review

Regulatory Opinion: Year in Review

The REINS Act, the ozone standard, regulatory reform, cost-benefit analysis, the Affordable Care Act, and Dodd-Frank, and more … as discussed in our top opinion posts from 2011.