In 2019, the Department of Transportation published a groundbreaking regulation dubbed the “Rule on Rules,” designed to reinforce due process and procedural transparency in rulemaking and enforcement actions. These are hallmarks of good government that protect everyone from arbitrary and overbearing administrative power.

But on April 2, the Department of Transportation removed the Rule on Rules from the Code of Federal Regulations. That’s too bad, and we urge President Joe Biden and Secretary Pete Buttigieg to take a closer look at the 2019 reforms before eliminating them entirely.