The Social Responsibility of Social Media Platforms
WEBDec 21, 2021 · The wide discretion that platforms possess over content moderation can be dangerous, Brown warns. Social media platforms often put greater weight on generating profits than on protecting users from destructive speech. This is why, Brown explains, greater regulatory oversight is needed to prompt change within the industry.
A Brief History of Regulation and Deregulation
WEBMar 11, 2019 · Ever since Congress created the first federal regulatory body more than 130 years ago, people have debated the proper role for what has been called the “fourth branch” of government. This essay provides a brief history of regulation and deregulation, reviewing the key milestones that have shaped regulatory practices in the United States from the mid-1900s to the presidency of Donald J. Trump.
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 ...
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 ...
Deregulation, Reagan-Style - The Regulatory Review
WEBMar 13, 2019 · This bipartisan movement succeeded in federal deregulation of certain industries, including, for example, the prices and schedules of commercial airlines, even while tolerating social regulation, especially when it was aimed at reducing broad social harms. The momentum generated in the late 1970s carried over into the Reagan Administration ...
Assessing Stigler’s Economic Theory of Regulation
WEBAug 23, 2021 · George Stigler’s article “ The Theory of Economic Regulation ”—which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year—is one of the most influential political economy accounts of regulation. More than perhaps any other article, it shifted the prevailing explanation for regulation from a public interest model to a rational choice model.
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.
Establishing Economies on Indian Reservations
WEBApr 8, 2021 · Functioning economies allow Indian families to acquire living wage jobs, adequate housing, and the necessary infrastructure to live their lives on their own reservations. Robert J. Miller (Eastern Shawnee) is a professor of law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. This essay is part of a …
Ideological Logrolling and Energy Permitting Reform
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Streamlining energy permitting has been on Congress’ front burner for some time, but progress on the issue has been painfully incremental. The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act strengthened the federal government’s power to override state opposition to new transmission lines, but it retained a lengthy, unwieldy process for doing so that the Biden Administration has only recently ...
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 …