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Trump: Independent Agencies Must Submit Regs, Legal Opinions for Our Review

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Cato Institute
Published
2025-02-19
Accessed
2026-09-03
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    Cato's legal analysis describes the order as a major assertion of White House supremacy over independent regulation and notes that presidential and attorney-general legal interpretations would bind executive-branch personnel; it also distinguishes policy arguments for centralized review from unresolved statutory limits on particular agencies.

    Scope of OIRA review, binding legal interpretations, and competing legal theories

    Independent-agency order centralized rule review and legal interpretation in the White House · White House review requirements issued; statutory agency independence remains a live legal boundary. · reviewed 2026-09-03