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2026 administrative state legislation: 38 states enacted 225 bills

This edition of Checks and Balances features highlights from Ballotpedia’s 2026 Administrative State Legislative Tracker report, and the transfer of most federal employee appeals from the Merit Systems Protection Board to the Office of Personnel Management

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White House issues executive order implementing Schedule Policy/Career

Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include an executive order implementing a new job classification for about 8,000 federal workers, and a gubernatorial lawsuit in Kentucky against the state Senate and several cabinet officials.

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Trump admin to re-combine two agencies that were split in 2011

Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include Trump administration plans to re-combine two agencies that were split in 2011 and a discussion of notable state bills reducing agency power in 2026

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Three states end judicial deference practices

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

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SCOTUS hears oral argument in challenges to bump stock ban rule, EPA’s Good Neighbor Plan

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Governors raise concerns over federal EV proposal, Biden vetoes CRA resolution

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SCOTUS hears oral argument in challenge to Chevron deference

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SCOTUS hears oral argument in constitutional challenge to SEC enforcement proceedings

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SCOTUS takes up second Chevron case, bump stock ban challenge

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Conservative lawyers to launch Society for Rule of Law to counter Maga movement

The group’s co-founders include retired Fourth Circuit judge J Michael Luttig, attorney George Conway, and former GOP Representative Barbara Comstock

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Chevron meets ESG

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EPA revises waters of the United States definition to conform with SCOTUS ruling

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House committee votes to prohibit federal funding of BLM rule

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SCOTUS strikes down student debt cancellation plan, takes up case on agency enforcement authority

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SCOTUS limits agencies’ regulatory, adjudicatory scope

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SCOTUS takes up Chevron

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SCOTUS hears argument in case challenging scope of NLRB authority

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Checks and Balances: SEC publishes proposed climate disclosures rule

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