Opinion

The Perils and Promise of AI in Regulatory Enforcement

The Perils and Promise of AI in Regulatory Enforcement

ACUS recommends best practices for AI and algorithmic tools to detect and prosecute regulatory violations.

Expanding Access to Nonlawyer Representation in Agency Adjudications

Expanding Access to Nonlawyer Representation in Agency Adjudications

ACUS recommends allowing nonlawyers to represent parties in agency adjudications.

Disability Discrimination in State Child Welfare Systems

Disability Discrimination in State Child Welfare Systems

Efforts should be taken to address discrimination against parents with disabilities.

The Labor Board Needs Restructuring, Not Destruction

The Labor Board Needs Restructuring, Not Destruction

The National Labor Relations Board would benefit from the creation of a new court.

Challenges of the Chainsaw Approach to Public Sector Automation

Challenges of the Chainsaw Approach to Public Sector Automation

The Trump Administration’s mad rush toward AI automation of the administrative state will not succeed.

What Is a Strong Nondelegation Doctrine?

What Is a Strong Nondelegation Doctrine?

Reinvigorating nondelegation requires not just a reformulation of the doctrine, but also a willingness to apply it.

Climate Resilience Requires Digital Justice

Climate Resilience Requires Digital Justice

Equal access to technology is a necessary but overlooked part of responsible environmental regulation.

What Does the CFPB’s Mass Guidance Withdrawal Mean? Not Much

What Does the CFPB’s Mass Guidance Withdrawal Mean? Not Much

A federal consumer protection agency’s withdrawal of numerous guidance documents will have little legal effect.

Repealing Without Procedure

Repealing Without Procedure

Executive orders to repeal rules and redefine “showerhead” contain a jarring assertion of presidential authority.

Storytelling, Rulemaking, and de Tocqueville

Storytelling, Rulemaking, and de Tocqueville

Receiving stories in agency rulemakings is integral to American democracy.

When Is an Independent Agency Independent?

When Is an Independent Agency Independent?

A new executive order may eliminate the independence of independent regulatory agencies.

The Man Behind the Trump Deregulatory Throne

The Man Behind the Trump Deregulatory Throne

Russell Vought’s influence on the second Trump Administration cannot be ignored.