Trump’s Push to Deregulate Faces Challenges in Post-Chevron Era

Bloomberg Tax cited CEI’s CEO on Deregulation challenges post-chevron era

Kent Lassman, president and CEO of Competitive Enterprise Institute, which favors deregulation, said he expects fewer formal rule-makings and instead more guidance in the form of letters, memoranda, advisory opinions, circulars. Lassman dubs those work-arounds the “soft power” of the regulatory state.

To avoid a “ping pong effect,” where agencies flip and flop depending on which party wins the White House, Trump and Congress would need to move legislation, he said.

“If they want to do things that are durable for the long term, they’re going to have to build support in Congress,” he added.

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