Eugene Scalia

“Dodd-Frank is an important statute, but often when the government believes it's handling a particularly important issue, there can be a tendency to overreach.”

“Financial regulators should be particularly attentive to the financial consequences of their actions.”

“Political activity by unions is not wrong. It's their First Amendment right.”

“Running a business and need more skilled workers? If you're not considering apprenticeships, then you're behind the curve.”

“Whenever you're going into oral argument, it's preferable to be able to weave the arguments together. That gets harder when you split the argument into pieces.”

“This is not a country where we look lightly at tens of millions of dollars in lost direct costs in restructuring entire industries, and say, well, that's not irreparable harm, it doesn't concern us.”

“I've urged employers to address ergonomics and adopt ergonomics measures.”

“Despite its heightened duty, at times the SEC has been inattentive to economic analysis.”

“Ergonomists are not physicians - they are engineers - and their medical theories are controversial. Some of the world's leading medical researchers deny that repetitive motion causes injury.”

“Businesses always are reluctant to make governmental filings about the purpose and terms of their relationships. That's particularly so when sensitive strategic and legal matters are involved - and when misfiling could result in criminal sanctions.”

“The USMCA is certainly a historic bipartisan achievement by Trump, whose determination produced a trade deal supported by both labor unions and business along with Democrats and Republicans.”

“One of the biggest challenges for any new administration is contending with its predecessor's priorities and beginning to advance its own.”

“I've taken pains to acknowledge that ergonomic pain is real and that ergonomics is valid.”

“The SEC and CFTC are expert agencies blessed with immensely capable professionals. Judges value and defer to that expertise - when it's exercised to make the hard decisions that Congress entrusts to an agency.”

“The USMCA ushers in a new era for trade policy. Between labor protections and support for the American automobile industry, it places our manufacturers at the center of a blue collar comeback.”

“The most important thing to me as a practitioner has been fidelity to my obligations and to the law.”

“It's widely recognized that employers and employees need more assistance addressing problems with rising health care costs. Attempts to address the problem are going to require a federal response, not a patchwork of state and local mandates.”

“OSHA's decision to regulate home workplaces reflects the agency's expanding conception of its own mission.”

“Community colleges, businesses, trade associations and others have begun to issue a range of their own credentials to certify when a worker has mastered a valuable expertise. Apprenticeships often fill this need perfectly.”

“In a word, unions are not entitled to use retirement funds to raise costs at the companies where the funds are invested. And unionized corporations are not required to permit this. Rather, management trustees and the Labor Department are obligated to prevent it.”