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The leading source of regulatory news, analysis, and opinion, from the Penn Program on Regulation.
Week in Review | The Regulatory Review
5 days ago · IN THE NEWS. The U.S. Senate passed the Social Security Fairness Act, repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduced benefits for public-sector retirees, such as teachers and firefighters. The WEP reduces Social Security benefits for individuals with pensions from jobs that did not contribute to Social Security, while the GPO cuts spousal ...
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Dec 20, 2024 · IN THE NEWS. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decision finding that a set of fuel companies lacked standing to challenge a waiver granted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that allowed California to set stricter fuel emissions standards than those imposed by other states and the federal government.
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Dec 13, 2024 · IN THE NEWS. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit decision which held that the Boston public school system’s method for considering admissions to selective high schools was not unlawful race discrimination under the 14th Amendment.A group of white and Asian parents challenged the school district’s policy of considering ...
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Jul 19, 2024 · IN THE NEWS. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit halted temporarily the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s net neutrality rules that aimed to secure fast, open, and fair internet service nationwide. The rules attempt to address discriminatory practices, such as prioritizing paid content or slowing down certain users’ internet connection, and impose transparency requirements.
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Nov 1, 2024 · IN THE NEWS. The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay order permitting Virginia to remove voters from voter logs who did not affirmatively denote that they were citizens. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia originally blocked the program after the United States and public interest groups, including the Virginia Coalition for …
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Affiliated with the Penn Program on Regulation and housed at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, The Regulatory Review is the online source of regulatory news, analysis, and opinion. Every weekday throughout the entire year, The Regulatory Review publishes incisive, timely, and original content running the complete gamut of regulatory issues. Staffed by …
The 2022 Regulatory Year in Review | The Regulatory Review
Dec 27, 2022 · Top Contributor Essays of 2022. December 27, 2022. We are pleased to feature the top essays written by our outside contributors in 2022, including Lawrence Baxter’s “Cryptocurrency and the Climate Crisis,” Dorothy Roberts’ “The Regulation of Black Families,” Daniel A. Farber’s “The Misuse of History to Undercut the Modern Regulatory State,” and more.
Week in Review - The Regulatory Review
Jun 30, 2023 · IN THE NEWS The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, held that admissions programs that consider race at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC) violate the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause.Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Roberts wrote that each “student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual—not on the basis of race.”
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May 20, 2022 · IN THE NEWS . The U.S. Supreme Court restricted the ability of federal courts to review facts from immigration proceedings in which the Attorney General has discretion to grant a lawful permanent resident status to a person who illegally entered the United States. Writing for the majority, Justice Amy Coney Barrett stated that …