Day One Agenda
The Day One Agenda: Highlights
Laws already on the books give a president great discretionary power for constructive change—without abusing executive authority.
Reanimated Corpse of Antonin Scalia Tries to Stop Student Debt Cancellation
Almost every citation in an Education Department analysis on why debt cancellation would be illegal comes from the late conservative jurist. Read more
The Day One Agenda
The Next Administration: Using Presidential Power for Good Read more
How Biden Could Give Everyone Medicare on His Own
Okay—he won’t, but the creative application of existing laws that would allow it reflects exactly how a Biden administration needs to be thinking. Read more
Biden at the Cannabis Crossroads
The president-elect’s moves toward federal marijuana liberalization don’t add up to legalization—and there will be tougher issues on the drug policy front ahead. Read more
Joe Biden Is Unhappy About the Day One Agenda
But those are the breaks when you’re president; people will want you to exercise your power for the general good. Read more
Warren Commits to Using Executive Authority to Cancel Student Debt
Using the power granted under the Higher Education Act, Warren vows to cancel student debt on day one. Read more
A Day One Agenda for Private Equity
A new administration would have numerous opportunities to weaken the power of these financial titans. Read more
Unleash the Existing Anti-Monopoly Arsenal
Corporate power can be neutralized if federal agencies simply used the prodigious authority they’ve been granted. Read more
Reclaiming the Deep State
How the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), the longtime graveyard of regulation in the public interest, became its unlikely champion. Read more