President Trump Directs Agencies to Immediately Repeal Regulations at Expiration of Review Period

On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued a memorandum directing agencies to fast-track the repeal of regulations that "impede" economic growth and that are based on "now-superseded Supreme Court decisions." The memorandum, referencing the 60-day review period ordered by Executive Order 14219, requires agencies to "immediately take steps to effectuate the repeal of any regulation, or the portion of any regulation, that clearly exceeds the agency's statutory authority or is otherwise unlawful" at the expiration of that review. It also states that, in doing so, "notice-and-comment proceedings are 'unnecessary' where repeal is required as a matter of law to ensure consistency with a ruling of the United States Supreme Court. Agencies thus have ample cause and the legal authority to immediately repeal unlawful regulations."