Executive Orders Address Federal Overreach

Executive Orders Address Federal Overreach

In his ongoing promise to roll back unnecessary regulations, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Wednesday to improve transparency and fairness surrounding federal regulatory guidance.Trump’s executive orders, “Bringing Guidance out of the Darkness” and...

More Shields and Fewer Swords in Realm of Federal Regulation

More Shields and Fewer Swords in Realm of Federal Regulation

Yesterday the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) held a fascinating event on one of their marquee cases, Baldwin v. United States (read more in my postfrom last month—it’s the second of the four cases discussed). The case involves the Internal Revenue Service issuing...

APHIS Clarifies Animal Disease Traceability Requirements

APHIS Clarifies Animal Disease Traceability Requirements

Last April, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) posted a fact sheet to provide producers with information about the agency’s guidelines and goals related to Animal Disease Traceability. Since the fact sheet was...

USDA Withdraws RFID Requirement

USDA Withdraws RFID Requirement

The United States Department of Agriculture has apparently reversed course on the issue of radio frequency identification (RFID) for cattle. In April of 2019, APHIS posted a factsheet to provide producers with information about the Agency’s guidelines and goals...