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Obama’s reluctant deregulation, cont’d

by Walter Olson on May 31, 2011

Last week the White House announced with some fanfare the results of federal agencies’ review of their operations to find outdated or unneeded regulations. At Cato at Liberty, I explain why many regulation-watchers are underwhelmed by the results. Mark Steyn at National Review is much funnier on the same topic, including EPA’s very belated recognition that dairy spills on farms are not actually “oil” spills, and also see his postscript on the lengths to which federal inspectors will go to catch out unlicensed use of rabbits in magic shows.

P.S. Much more from Richard Epstein at Hoover “Defining Ideas” (”Reform? What Reform?”).

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Whatever happened to Cass Sunstein?

by Walter Olson on May 21, 2010

Some were expecting the prominent law professor to make more of a public splash as the Obama administration’s regulatory czar. Tim Mak at FrumForum looks into why that hasn’t happened, and one of the observers whose opinions he quotes is me.

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Letting lawyers sue on behalf of animals?

by Walter Olson on September 17, 2009

One hopes Prof. Sunstein has rethought this one by now [Christopher Beam, Slate; related here and here]

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Senate confirms Cass Sunstein

by Walter Olson on September 12, 2009

Tim Mak at NewMajority.com quotes me to the effect that while I’ve disagreed with some of the eminent lawprof’s ideas in the past, and don’t expect to agree with everything he does in his new post as regulatory review manager, he’s likely to give free-market views a fairer and more thoughtful hearing than they’d have gotten from almost anyone else likely to fill the position. Related from NewMajority.com founder David Frum, David Weigel, and Carter Wood; earlier.

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“Chambliss blocks regulatory pick over animal lawsuits”

by Walter Olson on June 29, 2009

Speaking of renowned Chicago law professors with reputations that cut across ideological lines: “Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) has blocked President Obama’s candidate for regulation czar, Harvard law professor Cass Sunstein, because Sunstein has argued that animals should have the right to sue humans in court.” [The Hill; mostly favorable coverage of Sunstein's nomination and views at my other site, Point of Law].

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