Yale Journal on Regulation : Navigating the Web of Agency Authority with AI
Despite the overwhelming concern over the use of artificial intelligence, one of the most promising use cases for AI is regulatory reform. Regulatory accumulation — the slow accumulation of rules, related guidance, case law, and specialized knowledge — has created a knowledge base that no human brain could contain, let alone comprehensively ana ...
Proposed CFPB rule protects creditors from censorship
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a new rule amending the regulation that was used to censor PLF client Barry Sturner, former owner of a small mortgage brokerage firm, Townstone Financial, Inc. If Regulation B is amended, CFPB officials will need evidence to prove that a creditor's discriminatory and discouragin ...
When trail running became a crime : the presidential pardon that set Michelino Sunseri free
This month, record-breaking mountain runner Michelino Sunseri received a presidential pardon, clearing his name after the National Park Service unfairly hit him with criminal charges. The outdoors has always played a big role in Michelino Sunseri's life. The 33-year-old professional mountain runner grew up in North Lake Tahoe, where he and his t ...
A New Birth of Freedom : Abraham Lincoln’s words of hope to a house divided
On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address with these famous opening words: "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." Lincoln relied upon the wisdom of the American Founders, ...
Biden-era executive order harms business owners, forcing them into union agreements
The Trump administration recently enforced a Biden-era executive order, harming contractors and subcontractors that provide services to federal entities, and Bill Slayden is one of the many contractors who have been harmed by this rule. If Bill wants to continue providing construction services to the federal government, which is a major source of h ...
The Washington Post : A century-old law could cost these fishermen their livelihoods
For more than four decades, Bob Conrad has made his living fishing the waters of the North Atlantic. He's a Vermonter who knows the rhythms of the ocean as well as most people know their morning commute: the best tides for squid, the subtle signs that butterfish are nearby. Frank Green, a New Yorker with nearly 50 years experience at sea, studies s ...
‘Certificate of Need’ and occupational licensing laws restrict access to healthcare. States can do better.
Certificate of need (CON) laws and occupational licensing pose unnecessary barriers to life-saving medical care. In a recent law review article, Pacific Legal Foundation attorneys Jaimie Cavanaugh and Anastasia Boden analyzed how these restrictions impose undue burdens on patients and practitioners. "Restrictions on entrepreneurship and the rest ...
Orange County Register : The push for reparations continues to conflict with equality and legal reality
It appears that reparations advocates who fail to learn from history are doomed to a repeat veto. For the second session in a row, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed several reparations bills that would have provided benefits to California descendants of enslaved persons. For instance, the bill would have offered descendants of enslaved persons college a ...
Reparations Roundup : September-October 2025
California Gets New Bureaucracy, Falls Short of Other Goals Governor Gavin Newsom once again vetoed several bills that would have provided benefits to descendants of enslaved persons in California. The governor rejected measures that would have given descendants a college admission preference, priority licensing, homebuying assistance, and comp ...