Regulating Backyard Breeders - The Regulatory Review
WEBMar 12, 2020 · Milot reasons that directing resources to backyard breeders rather than to rescue groups and shelters, whose owners are motivated to comply with regulations, would expose criminal breeders. Milot explains that noncompliant breeders, many of whom breed fight dogs and guard dogs, would self-identify by refusing free sterilization.
First Principles for Interpreting Regulation | The Regulatory Review
WEBFeb 11, 2013 · The distinctive legal characteristics of these regulations suggest two key principles for their interpretation. Principle 1: Interpret the regulation’s text in light of the regulation’s statement of basis and purpose (often referred to as the regulation’s “preamble”). Except in special circumstances, the Administrative Procedure Act ...
Forty Years After Surface Freight Deregulation
WEBDec 14, 2020 · After 1980, the actual results of surface freight deregulation exceeded economists’ expectations. Between 1981 and 1996, real rail revenue per ton-mile fell by nearly 50 percent. At least one-third of this rate reduction can be attributed to the Staggers Act. Deregulated rates saved shippers up to $7 billion annually in 1987.
The Social Responsibility of Social Media Platforms
WEBDec 21, 2021 · One in three people globally use social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok. These platforms act as breeding grounds for viral cartoon memes and trendy dance choreography, as well as widespread social movements and vibrant displays of activism.. But social media also has a dark side. Disinformation, hate speech, revenge pornography, harassment, terrorism activity, and sex ...
How State and Federal Food Regulations Can—and Should—Work …
WEBNov 2, 2018 · The balance between federal and state decision-making—what they call “foodralism”—needs to tilt more toward state governments, they argue. States need to fill the gaps in the current patchwork of U.S. food regulations and serve as laboratories for developing new rules and standards. Federal food regulation in the United States can be ...
The Problem of Political Ignorance | The Regulatory Review
WEBFeb 3, 2014 · Political ignorance is a ubiquitous and persistent problem in modern democracy. It strengthens the case for limiting and decentralizing political power, and for judicial review. Much evidence shows that the public is ignorant about many aspects of government and public policy. Despite years of debate over the …
A Local Lens on Administrative Law | The Regulatory Review
WEBNov 18, 2021 · Federal constitutional requirements provide a baseline for local agency adjudication; for over a century, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that when local governments’ policymaking impacts private rights, they must afford affected citizens “at least a rudimentary opportunity to be heard before a final decision is made.”.
China’s Hukou System and the Urban-Rural Divide
WEBAug 18, 2021 · The Hukou system places particular burdens on Chinese citizens seeking to move from rural communities to urban areas, according to a working paper released in 2020. In the paper, three economists show that the disparities in educational opportunity caused by the Hukou system cement wealth inequalities between …
The Regulation of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
WEBApr 17, 2021 · A patchwork of laws and international agreements currently governs the transport and sale of illegally obtained cultural artifacts in the United States. The National Stolen Property Act (NSPA) makes it illegal to transport stolen artifacts across state lines but only covers items worth more than $5,000. The NSPA also does not apply to museum ...
Revisiting the Constitutionality of Independent Agencies
WEBJul 21, 2020 · The Court—with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the majority— cited to great effect the CFPB’s single-headed agency structure, the director’s five-year term, and the CFPB’s financial independence and litigating authority as establishing a center of power controlled by one person. This structure, the Court explained, allowed the ...