President Donald Trump this week issued a sweeping directive ordering federal agencies to repeal regulations that conflict with recent Supreme Court rulings.
The directive in part allows agencies to leapfrog the traditional public notice and comment process and accelerates what Trump called a necessary “course correction” in the administrative state.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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“Agencies thus have ample cause and the legal authority to immediately repeal unlawful regulations,” Trump wrote in the executive order, citing the “good cause” exception in the Administrative Procedure Act. That exception allows agencies to bypass standard procedures if doing so would be “impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.”
The directive,
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