Overlawyered » Cass Sunstein http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Obama’s reluctant deregulation, cont’d http://overlawyered.com/2011/05/obamas-reluctant-deregulation-contd/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/05/obamas-reluctant-deregulation-contd/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 15:52:02 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23184 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week the White House announced with some fanfare the results of federal agencies’ review of their operations to find outdated or unneeded regulations.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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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/whatever-happened-to-cass-sunstein/feed/ 2 Letting lawyers sue on behalf of animals? http://overlawyered.com/2009/09/letting-lawyers-sue-on-behalf-of-animals/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/09/letting-lawyers-sue-on-behalf-of-animals/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:07:15 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=13679 One hopes Prof. Sunstein has rethought this one by now [Christopher Beam, Slate; related here and here]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2009/09/senate-confirms-cass-sunstein/feed/ 0 “Chambliss blocks regulatory pick over animal lawsuits” http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/chambliss-blocks-regulatory-pick-over-animal-lawsuits/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/chambliss-blocks-regulatory-pick-over-animal-lawsuits/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:40:27 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=12030 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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