Over the past several years, the conservative legal movement and corporate interests have enjoyed one administrative law victory after another.
Author: Reed Shaw
Law360: Policy Experts Push For Regulatory Reform On Child Labor
Policy experts Nina Mast and Reed Shaw are calling on the U.S. Department of Labor to issue new regulations on child labor in order to address higher rates of violations, injuries and school absenteeism, particularly in light of state efforts to roll back protections.
News Nation: Child labor violations on the rise, problem could get worse: report
Child labor violations are increasing, and over two dozen states have made moves that are exacerbating the issue, a recent report by Governing for Impact, the Economic Policy Institute and Child Labor Coalition says.
Common Dreams: Report Warns Trump Would Likely Worsen GOP’s Assault on Child Labor Laws
A number of mostly Republican-controlled states have weakened child labor protections in recent years and a second Trump administration would likely escalate the deregulatory push, as per plans laid out in Project 2025, according to a report released Wednesday.
The Guardian: Report calls for child labor protections as Project 2025 seeks to roll back rules
State governments across the US are taking steps to eliminate protections for minors as rates of child labor violations, injuries and chronic school absenteeism rise, according to a report released on Wednesday.
The report by Governing for Impact, the Economic Policy Institute, and Child Labor Coalition proposes actions the Biden-Harris administration can take in response to a recent surge in child labor violations around the country and a trend of some states passing legislation that rolls back state-level child labor protections.
The Regulatory Review: A Fresh Look at the President’s Procurement Power
Despite recent skepticism, the President’s broad authority over federal contractors will remain.
American Progress: CAP and GFI Comment Recommends Federal Agencies Use Existing Authority To Address AI in Financial Services Sector
The Center for American Progress and Governing for Impact urge federal financial regulatory agencies to use powers already under their authority to regulate AI.
Notice & Comment: A Tool for Navigating the Post–Corner Post World
In a Term full of hard blows to agencies, Corner Post might end up being the hardest. But administrative law allows a remedy that could avert some the decision’s worst potential effects—remand without vacatur.
Notice & Comment: Guidance for the Post-Chevron World
Our organization, Governing for Impact, has released an issue brief offering guidance to policymakers on how to understand the post-Chevron world—and how to act boldly in the face of that uncertainty.
Cap Times: How an obscure federal law could be used to ban abortion nationwide
A 150-year-old law governing the U.S. Postal Service could be used by a conservative presidential administration to ban abortion nationwide, and a new study suggests that thousands of Wisconsin women would lose reproductive health care in the process.
The study was released by progressive-leaning policy think tank Governing for Impact and describes how a president could interpret an 1873 anti-vice law known as the Comstock Act to ban abortions.