All Essays

Pipeline Opposition Impedes Climate Change Mitigation

Pipeline Opposition Impedes Climate Change Mitigation

More pipelines and electricity transmission lines would bolster the fight against climate change.

Overruling Chevron Could Make Congress Great Again

Overruling Chevron Could Make Congress Great Again

Limiting judicial deference to agencies would strengthen environmental policy and democratic accountability.

How Regulatory Agencies Undervalue Life

How Regulatory Agencies Undervalue Life

Agencies should boost penalties for fatal rule violations to match the value of a statistical life.

Get Moving With Climate Action

Get Moving With Climate Action

Former EPA Administrator urges the public to take action against climate change.

Week in Review

Week in Review

Kavanaugh testifies that Roe is settled as a precedent, Facebook and Twitter executives testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee, and more…

The Ambiguity in Judge Kavanaugh’s Chevron Critique

The Ambiguity in Judge Kavanaugh’s Chevron Critique

Judge Kavanaugh’s views on Chevron may create more uncertainty than exists under the current doctrine.

Kavanaugh and the Deference Doctrines

Kavanaugh and the Deference Doctrines

Judge Kavanaugh’s past opinions reveal a commitment to clarifying deference rules and increasing predictability.

Judge Kavanaugh’s Activist Vision of Administrative Law

Judge Kavanaugh’s Activist Vision of Administrative Law

In his D.C. Circuit cases, Judge Kavanaugh tends to disfavor most agency interpretations of statutes.

Judge Kavanaugh, Chevron Deference, and the Supreme Court

Judge Kavanaugh, Chevron Deference, and the Supreme Court

If confirmed, Judge Kavanaugh would likely support narrowing Chevron’s scope.

Judge Kavanaugh and Administrative Law

Judge Kavanaugh and Administrative Law

What would Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation mean for the U.S. Supreme Court’s administrative law decisions?

Improving Regulatory Transparency Through Retrospective Analysis

Improving Regulatory Transparency Through Retrospective Analysis

Given its recent advance notice, EPA should implement retrospective analysis of its regulations in several ways.

Week in Review

Week in Review

Senator John McCain passes away, Student Loan Ombudsman of the CFPB resigns, and more…