Tag: checks and balances

Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling for presidential removal of independent agency commissioners, and a South Carolina law with a REINS-style provision, judicial deference prohibition, and sunset review requirement In Washington Supreme Court rules 6-3 for presidential removal of independent agency commissioner On June 29, the U.S.…

Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include an executive order implementing a new job classification for about 8,000 federal workers, and a gubernatorial lawsuit in Kentucky against the state Senate and several cabinet officials. In Washington White House issues executive order classifying employees under Schedule Policy/Career for the first time On June 3,…

Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include Trump administration plans to re-combine two agencies that were split in 2011 and a discussion of notable state bills reducing agency power in 2026 In Washington Trump admin to re-combine two agencies that were split in 2011 On April 3, the Department of the Interior announced…

Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include a U.S. district court order that the Department of Veterans’ Affairs restore collective bargaining contracts, and a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that the Court calls “narrow” in a dispute between the Governor and Attorney General In Washington U.S. District court orders Department of Veterans’ Affairs to…

Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include the EPA moving to deregulate greenhouse gas emissions, and a REINS-style state law in South Dakota In Washington EPA revokes Obama-era ‘endangerment finding’ on greenhouse gas emissions On Feb. 18, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule that revoked the agency’s interpretation of…

Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include a bill barring political appointees from serving as inspectors general, and disparate state bills affecting their relationship with ICE In Washington Bill barring political appointees from serving as inspectors general introduced in Senate On Jan. 15 Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D) and four other Democratic senators introduced…

Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include a Supreme Court case on presidential power to dismiss independent agency officials, and 2025 restrictions on judicial deference standards in six states In Washington Supreme Court hears case on presidential power to dismiss independent agency officials On Dec. 8, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral…

Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include a Trump administration memo that finds the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding structure is illegal, and a resolution passed by an association of state utility regulators calling on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to respect their authority In Washington Trump admin. says CFPB funding structure is…

Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include a new Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) memo that expedites agency deregulation, and an Ohio Supreme Court ruling against courts’ deference to Industrial Commission interpretation of safety requirements. In Washington OIRA issues new memo on deregulation On Oct. 21, the White House Office of…

Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include a Senate bill to restore federal employee collective bargaining agreements, and the official opening of Texas’ government efficiency office In Washington Forty-eight senators sponsor bill to restore federal employee collective bargaining agreements What's the story? Forty-eight  senators introduced a bill on September 17, 2025, to nullify…