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Forbes.com: Down with the CPSIA!
Overlawyered — ... I’ve got a new opinion piece up at Forbes.com on one of the worst pieces of legislation I’ve seen in many a year, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, and the need to repeal it before it capsizes tens of thousands of small businesses: ...

“Flowery Fall Baby Rag Quilt”
Overlawyered — You may want to buy this cute item before the requirements of CPSIA go into effect on Feb. 10, when according to the Etsy listing its price will go up from $58 to $3,530 to cover the required testing. Tags: CPSIA Related posts Unhappy holidays for American toymakers? (7) Toyless Yule, cont’d (3) Thanks, voters (0) Kids’ empty shelves: CPSIA continued (9) January 17 roundup (0)

WALTER OLSON: Scrap The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act….
Instapundit — WALTER OLSON: Scrap The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.

Feds in Toyland
The Corner on National Review Online — Monday, January 19, 2009 [image] Feds in Toyland [Ramesh Ponnuru] Last year, Congress passed a law to respond to the lead-paint-in-Chinese-toys hysteria. The vote was 89-3 in the Senate, 424-1 in the House. Walter Olson reports that the law is a nightmare of regulatory overreach that could throw a lot of companies out of business and raise the cost of children's products. Republicans Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint, Jon Kyl, and Ron Paul deserve credit for voting against it. ...

Who would want to poison our children?
Wizbang — ... either inane or you better hide your wallet. Of course, there's nothing that will rally together Congress faster than a law written "for the children". So it should come as no surprise that the innocuously named Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) proposed following the lead-paint-in-childrens'-toys-from-China scare last year received almost unanimous support. It passed by a vote of 89-3 in the Senate and 424-1 in the House. What should also come as no surprise are the unintended consequences CPSIA will have on everyone from toy manufacturers to public libraries: ...

The Small Business And Thrift Store Destruction Act
Classical Values — The Small Business And Thrift Store Destruction Act Congress has recently passed a law that will destroy a lot of small businesses and will prevent thrift stores from selling products for children. If someone you know volunteers at a thrift store or crochets baby hats for the crafts site Etsy or favors handmade wooden toys as a baby shower gift, you've probably been hearing the alarms about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). Hailed almost universally on its passage last year--it passed the Senate 89 to three and the House by 424 to one, with Ron Paul the ...

CPSIA: Part II at Forbes.com
Overlawyered — Just as my earlier piece on CPSIA was going to press last Friday at Forbes there came a new development: Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), who sponsored the law and have opposed efforts to revisit it, issued a letter that seemed to soften their stance a bit and hold out hope for more exemptions. The magazine asked me to analyze these new developments and the result is up now. Unfortunately, the news is bad: the letter’s suggestions for exemptions are piecemeal, narrow, and much too late. We are still on course for a calamity should the ...

Tomorrow (Wed.): CPSIA blogging day
Overlawyered — I’m not sure who came up with the idea, but tomorrow, Wednesday, January 28, has been nominated as CPSIA blogging day, and I expect hundreds of bloggers will be taking part, looking at different aspects and consequences of this immensely destructive new law. My posts on it can all be found here, and the two Forbes pieces I’ve written recently are here and here. While you’re here, why not enjoy all of Overlawyered? You can start on the front page, or browse by tag to find posts on topics of interest to you. In the mean ...