a journal editorial urges president-elect trump to quickly name a supreme court nominee. numerous cases challenging obama regulations are moving through the federal courts and appeals courts <u+201c>might be inclined to rubber stamp those regulations, which means they would become law in those circuits unless the supreme court takes the cases. a 4-4 high court ruling means the lower-court decision stands .<u+201d> ...speaking of misguided obama rules, david rivkin and andrew grossman say that mr. trump can begin to undo many of them, like new power plant, water and internet regs , by executive order. click here to receive this daily opinion summary via email. <u+201c> ford motor co. announced late last week that it won<u+2019>t shift production of its lincoln mkc to mexico from louisville, kentucky, as planned. this is good news if ford believes that donald trump will make the u.s. more competitive but a bad precedent if it is bending to the president-elect<u+2019>s political wishes,<u+201d> notes a separate editorial . speaking of mexico, the peso recently hit an all-time low against the dollar. americans also have plenty to lose if the north american free trade agreement is destroyed, writes our columnist mary anastasia o<u+2019>grady . u.s. corporations are heavily invested in supply chains <u+201c>that crisscross the continent to create globally competitive products. these support millions of u.s. manufacturing jobs. saying goodbye to duty-free access to mexico under nafta also would hit u.s. agricultural exports hard.<u+201d> ms. o<u+2019>grady adds that in mexico, the end of nafta could <u+201c> open the door to political instability .<u+201d> ...meanwhile china is <u+201c>picking up the u.s. trade fumble<u+201d> by striking its own 16-nation deal as the trans-pacific partnership appears to be dying in washington , notes a journal editorial. <u+201c>all three elements of america<u+2019>s nuclear triad<u+2014>land-based and sea-based missiles, and bombers<u+2014>are now approaching obsolescence,<u+201d> warn franklin miller and keith payne . justin dent sees upstarts challenging traditional universities the same way online competitors have challenged the newspaper industry. <u+201c>the number of students enrolled in massive open online courses (moocs) rose to 35 million in 2015, up from around 17 million in 2014. once these lectures are recorded and posted, the marginal cost of distribution is close to zero,<u+201d> notes mr. dent . <u+201c>the real solutions to skyrocketing tuition and debt loads are already appearing as entrepreneurs discover ways to improve higher education.<u+201d> dick carpenter and chip mellor explain how occupational licensing requirements place expensive barriers in the way of entrepreneurs and workers. <u+201c>consider aspiring cosmetologists, who spend between 1,000 and 2,300 hours in training, depending on the state. but even leaders in the cosmetology industry admit the requirements can<u+2019>t be justified for hair and makeup experts .<u+201d>
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