Stripping Power from Independent Regulatory Agencies

Trump signed an executive order (Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies) directing independent agencies to submit significant regulations for White House review, setting up White House liaison offices, and empowering the President & Attorney General to issue authoritative interpretations of law, thereby reducing agency independence. Also, recent lawsuits and firings of agency officials (FTC, CPSC, NRC) illustrate efforts to reduce statutory protections.