Commentaries & Insights

Our Commentaries and Insights are short-form publications intended to distill long-form research and synthesize current policymaking activity into easily understood concepts.


Exploring the Dynamics of Regulatory Adjudication

Examining the connections of federal agencies and the adjudicate challenges of self-regulatory organizations

Toward a New Multilateralism for AI: Insights from the IMF Annual Meetings 2025

Sessions at the IMF annual meeting considered the adoption of AI and regulatory capacity to guide responsible AI development

A Lack Of Coordination Threatens Environmental Policy

Without interagency and intergovernmental cooperation under NEPA, environmental outcomes will suffer.

AI Regulation and Federalism: What the Moratorium (That Wasn’t) Debate Revealed

Adopting a state-level moratorium against policies regulating artificial intelligence would help ensure consistency and prevent legal fragmentation

Trump's Spring 2025 Unified Agenda

Rulemaking highlights from the first Unified Agenda of the second Trump administration.

A CFTC Commissioner’s and Legal Scholar’s Perspectives on AI and Regulatory Accountability

Virtual remarks by CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson and in-person remarks by Ohio State Law professor Bridget C.E. Dooling

Congress Reviewed: The 119th Congress's Use of the Congressional Review Act

Comparing use of the Congressional Review Act from one lookback window to the last, especially outcomes, trends, and procedural developments.

Can AI Streamline Regulation and Reduce Compliance Burdens: Event Themes

Summary of main themes from the July 2025 conference co-hosted by the Regulatory Studies Center and Norm Ai

Regulatory Functions Most Amenable to AI-Driven Process Improvement

Summary of a panel discussion at July 2025 conference co-hosted by RSC and Norm Ai

AI Regulation: Perspectives from the Business Community

Experts from the legal community discuss how AI is transforming business and the regulatory challenges that come with it