I recall the first line of Gary Lawson’s famous 1994 article on the Administrative State published in the Harvard Law Review that begins: “The post-New Deal administrative state is unconstitutional, and its validation by the legal system amounts to nothing less than a bloodless constitutional revolution.”
Barbarians at the gate of the administrative state
The Chevron Doctrine is up for review at the Supreme Court this fall. Powerline has a good take on the dispute.
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People still think the Federal Reserve is just peachy and constitutional...
When Trum finally realized he couldn't fire the Federal Reserve.. he figured it out haha.
One can hope that the Court will find its sticking place and do away altogether with Chevron, its weaker (and insidious) predecessor Skidmore, and all other forms of deference.
The Supreme Court sits atop a branch of the Federal government that is the equal of each of the other two branches. For it to subordinate itself to the Executive is bad enough, but to subordinate itself to another branch's subordinate formation is especially lazy if not outright cowardly, as well as fundamentally unconstitutional.
Eric Hines
I'm with the barbarians, as will surprise no one.
Well, that's your default position, Grim.
"The more robust non-delegation doctrine that the conservative Justices desire would mean a change in the nature and scope of the federal government’s role in our lives. Conservatives favor making it difficult for the federal government to regulate, because, when it does, it risks impinging on our liberties. And, if the federal government does less, states may do more."
From her lips to God's ear. May it be so!
There's also a chance that the States may do still less. Those governments are closer to us, and so we have a better chance of reining them in.
Eric Hines
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