A Midnight Regulation are regulations pushed through in the last three months of an outgoing administration. President W. won't be the first outgoing president to push through Midnight Regulations, but he's legacy could be among the most damaging. According to this ABC News story, the outgoing administration is poised to push through more midnight regulations than previous administrations.
In the case of the Bush administration, what we could be faced with are de-regulations, many aimed at removing environmental protections. Check out this synopsis, courtesy of the New Yorker:
The Administration has proposed are rules that would: make it harder for the government to limit workers’ exposure to toxins, eliminate environmental review from decisions affecting fisheries, and ease restrictions on companies that blow up mountains to get at the coal underneath them. Other midnight regulations in the works include rules to allow “factory farms” to ignore the Clean Water Act, rules making it tougher for employees to take family or medical leave, and rules that would effectively gut the Endangered Species Act.
The Bush Administration wants to leave a legacy, and considering what they've done up until now, that's a scary thought!
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