Comments on: The ‘Ayes’ and ‘Nos’ on Sunstein http://washingtonindependent.com/58700/the-ayes-and-nos-on-sunstein National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric Jaffa http://washingtonindependent.com/58700/the-ayes-and-nos-on-sunstein/comment-page-1#comment-75661 Eric Jaffa Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:54:26 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=58700#comment-75661 ================ The choice of Sunstein, a Harvard Law School professor and friend of Obama's, concerned some environmentalists because of his support for cost-benefit analysis -- a system of weighing the cost of proposed rules against the benefits to health and safety. "We hope that he won't be an impediment, based on his past emphasis on cost-benefit analysis to the exclusion of other values," said Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, a Washington-based environmental group. "We hope he will look at other values, such as protecting the environment." http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/09/10/senate_confirms_harvard_profes.html?wprss=44 ================ I haven't seen a quote from Senator Bernie Sanders explaining his vote against Sunstein, but I'm guessing that it was based on similar concerns to those expressed above. ================
The choice of Sunstein, a Harvard Law School professor and friend of Obama’s, concerned some environmentalists because of his support for cost-benefit analysis — a system of weighing the cost of proposed rules against the benefits to health and safety.

“We hope that he won’t be an impediment, based on his past emphasis on cost-benefit analysis to the exclusion of other values,” said Frank O’Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, a Washington-based environmental group. “We hope he will look at other values, such as protecting the environment.”

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/09/10/senate_confirms_harvard_profes.html?wprss=44
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I haven’t seen a quote from Senator Bernie Sanders explaining his vote against Sunstein, but I’m guessing that it was based on similar concerns to those expressed above.

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