LawCommentary
House to Vote to Reduce Power of Bureaucracy With REINS Act
Later this week, the U.S. House is scheduled to vote on an important measure that addresses the immense rule-making power of the administrative state and… Read More
LawCommentary
Later this week, the U.S. House is scheduled to vote on an important measure that addresses the immense rule-making power of the administrative state and… Read More
Last fall, Heritage Foundation analysts noted an eerie silence coming from Obama regulatory agencies. The production of new rules, which until then had been in… Read More
It seems that no aspect of American life can escape government regulation. In the past year, regulators drafted rules that addressed everything from caloric intake… Read More
Ever since the Senate rejected President Obama’s cap-and-trade scheme in 2009, his administration has been hard at work to find other ways to implement a… Read More
After three years of hyper-regulation, the Obama Administration has noticeably slowed its rulemaking in recent months. A variety of major rules have been parked in… Read More
Regulatory policy made a cameo appearance in last night’s presidential debate when Governor Mitt Romney took aim at the Obama Administration’s penchant for making rules…. Read More
On September 26, the Department of Transportation (DOT) published a rule requiring modification of airline Web sites and automated kiosks at airports “to ensure that… Read More
In recent Heritage research, Boston University law professor Gary Lawson describes the shortcomings of the current informal rulemaking process, in which bureaucrats use power delegated… Read More
