Executive Branch

The United States needs a bipartisan push to bring transparency and accountability back into the rulemaking process.

Basic principles of American government limit the political role of administrative agencies in legislative debates.

Expanding a White House office could help shrink the whole federal government.

Court holds President Obama’s appointment of acting General Counsel for the NLRB was unlawful.

Executive Order 13,771 could lead to incidents like the Grenfell Tower fire in the United States.

President Trump’s regulation-trimming executive order will likely survive judicial scrutiny despite potential policy objections.

President Trump’s regulatory budget executive order withholds agency action and harms the American public.

Research forecasts a substantial increase in economically significant rules that would outpace that of the past three presidents’ final months.

This closely watched case highlights larger lessons about the limits on executive power.

Curbing excessive economic rents might bolster productivity and address rising inequality.

Scholar responds to University of Pennsylvania’s executive discretion series by highlighting transparency concerns.

Adrian Vermeule’s closing remarks highlight the role of conventions in limiting the exercise of executive power.