Rulemaking

Administrative agencies should not be required to use a process that has been obsolete for decades.

Independent agencies should mirror executive branch practices to overcome judicial scrutiny.

Rail safety can be improved by realigning industry and regulatory goals.

Scholar examines how agencies operate independently of courts through rulemaking and legislative drafting.

Policy experts consider the constitutionality of a cornerstone of the President’s regulatory reform efforts.

Concerns about runaway regulatory costs are overblown.

Recent momentum in favor of regulatory reform is a positive development, and long overdue.

Commissioner Mohorovic’s four proposals would impose “paralysis by analysis” on the CPSC.

Consumer safety leaders debate how independent agencies can best improve the rulemaking process.

The Early Participation in Regulations Act will further complicate the rulemaking process.

The law goes against the public interest, favoring lobbyists over public protections.

Scholars debate the merits and drawbacks of the recently proposed Regulatory Accountability Act, which would dramatically reform the rulemaking process.