Reviewing the Second Trump Administration’s First Year with RegStats
After reaching a historic peak in 2024, the total number of Federal Register pages fell sharply in 2025 in the first year of Trump’s second term.
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Montgomery v Caribe Transport Oral Argument Preview
A preview of oral arguments in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport this week at the Supreme Court
Creating Clear Regulatory Pathways for Biotechnology
Summary of a discussion of regulatory experts convened with the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
No Further Comment: The Erosion of Public Comment in the EU and US
Governments on both sides of the Atlantic have recently taken steps to limit opportunities for public comment during the policymaking process.
AI as a Research Assistant for Regulatory Studies – a Methodological Note
A brief guide to using large language models as research assistants to study public participation in rulemaking (and, more broadly, regulation as a whole)
Skynet Isn’t Sci-Fi – It’s a Governance Pattern We Know Too Well
Regulation of artificial intelligence is a government competency we cannot afford to bungle
Valuing the Benefits of Reducing Fine Particles
EPA’s new rule fails to reform the agency’s methods for calculating benefits when regulating particulate matter.
Federal Permitting Under FAST-41: Timelines, Coordination, and Sequence of Permits
The environmental permitting process uses a coordinated framework that was enhanced under the 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST-41) Act
Who Opposes the (Revised) Regulatory Accountability Act?
During the 115th Congress, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the Regulatory Accountability Act
Update on VanDerStok “Deference”
The Court’s turn to super-deference in VanDerStok cannot be reconciled with its abandonment of the Chevron doctrine