Could the OSHA Vaccine-or-Test ETS Fall Prey to the Congressional Review Act?
Several Republicans are seeking to overturn the new OSHA rule. Despite the razor-thin margins in both Houses, a repeal resolution will not get enacted.
Several Republicans are seeking to overturn the new OSHA rule. Despite the razor-thin margins in both Houses, a repeal resolution will not get enacted.
Panicked Americans surrendered a lot of authority during the pandemic. Now they want their country back.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has adopted a more stringent rule for health care providers than OSHA is imposing on large employers.
The rule just issued by OSHA has fewer legal flaws than the initial plan floated by the White House. But it's still problematic, and could set a dangerous precedent if upheld by courts.
Federal courts will have to decide whether the rule is "necessary" to protect workers from a "grave danger."
The federal standard contains some carve outs that were not part of the White House announcement, likely to help insulate rule from legal challenge. (Updated with a response to Ilya Somin.)
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It also explains why they probably should never have been adopted in the first place.
Cigarette sales rose last year for the first time in two decades, while a survey of high school seniors found they were vaping less but smoking more.
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Raquel Esquivel, convicted of a nonviolent drug offense in 2009, was put on home confinement during COVID-19.
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No matter what the public wants, crises typically leave the state more powerful.
The Open Restaurants Program spared much of New York's restaurant industry from the ravages of COVID-19 shutdowns.
Cato economist Ryan Bourne's new book is a much-needed rejoinder to the obtuse economic reasoning of many pandemic-era policy makers.
Dispatching a state trooper to a hospital seems a bit excessive.
Track and field equipment and salaries for custodians are among the goods and services school districts purchased with COVID-19 relief money. Figuring out what they did with the rest of it remains difficult.
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Because the agency ties mask recommendations to virus transmission rather than serious cases, its guidance is unlikely to change anytime soon.
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Director Rochelle Walensky characterizes the potential unmasking of even vaccinated children as being "complacent."
New analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office shows massive deficit increase as a result of spending bill’s health care provisions.
"The quality of life we have even during COVID is so much higher than anything humanity experienced, and it's only going to get better."
One-size-fits-some policies drive parents and students to seek better education options.
Neither politician is willing to tolerate deviation from the one business policy he thinks is best.
When everything's a priority, nothing is.
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End the mask mandates now.
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