CPR Editorial Memoranda and Backgrounders CPR Member Scholars distribute occasional editorial memoranda to columnists and editorial writers touching on a variety of timely public policy issues. Recent memoranda include:
February 22, 2010: Editorial Memorandum on NHTSA's role in the Toyota Recalls , by Rena Steinzor and Sidney Shapiro.
November 20, 2009: Editorial Memo on the Obama Administration's Forthcoming Executive Order on Regulatory Process , by Rena Steinzor and Robert Glicksman. And the very similar press backgrounder .
May 9, 2009: Editorial Memorandum on Cost Benefit Analysis and the Sunstein Nomination , by CPR Member Scholar Rena Steinzor.
March 6, 2009. Editorial Memorandum on the Supreme Court Ruling Against Preemption in Wyeth vs. Levine , by CPR Member Scholars Thomas McGarity and Nina Mendelson.
October 29, 2008. Editorial Memorandum on FDA and Preemption of State Tort Laws: Wyeth vs. Levine , by CPR Member Scholar Thomas McGarity, in advance of oral arguments before the Supreme Court in Wyeth vs. Levine .
October 1, 2008. "Regulation Makes a Comeback
September 3, 2008. Editorial Memorandum on
the Department of Labor's Proposed Risk Assessment Policy .
Editorial Memorandum on federal preemption of state and local climate change laws and policies .
April 28, 2008. Editorial Memorandum on the NHTSA’s effort to preempt state emissions standards with its April 2008 vehicle mileage standards.
March 10, 2003. Editorial memorandum on federally sanctioned false labeling of meat raised on chemicals and pesticides , a provision in the FY 2004 Omnibus Appropriations bill, as enacted, that would result in pesticide- and chemical-raised meat being labeled as "organic" in grocery stores.
December 19, 2003. Editorial memorandum on Wendy Wagner/David Michaels proposal for disclosure of corporate influence on science in the regulatory process. (Read the proposal as published in Science Magazine .)
