The Regulatory Review

2 months ago | theregreview.org | Roslyn Layton

The Transportation Department’s labor policies impede necessary safety reforms. A longstanding shortage of air traffic controllers, which a Saturday Seminar in The Regulatory Review recently explored, presents a well-known challenge to the effectiveness of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s safety regulations. Less well-known or understood, however, is how labor regulation at the Transportation Department could exacerbate safety challenges in aviation, freight rail, and other industries.

2 months ago | theregreview.org | Daniel A. Farber

President Trump’s recent executive orders challenge Congress’s role in creating policy. The U.S. Constitution gives the U.S. Congress the power to legislate. Often, Congress sets general policies and gives agencies discretion over how to implement them, but Congress is still in the driver’s seat. Presidents may see things differently. They may envision themselves as policymakers-in-chief, with statutes either providing blank checks for their use or inconvenient barriers to their plans.

2 months ago | theregreview.org | Kyle Bradley

Scholar proposes legal solutions to regulate cryptocurrency mining’s energy consumption in a climate-friendly way. Cryptocurrency mining requires enormous amounts of electricity. An oversight group estimates that Bitcoin—the original and most popular cryptocurrency—has a global annualized energy that matches Poland’s annual power consumption. One Bitcoin transaction uses as much energy as hundreds of thousands of credit card transactions.

2 months ago | theregreview.org | Zoe Verni

Rangita de Silva de Alwis discusses how technology enables online violence toward women and girls.

2 months ago | theregreview.org | Karson Taylor

Courts examine the impact of Title VII and how the prevention of workplace sexual harassment intersects.