Dr.Who
Well-Known Member
This is a paragraph plucked from the middle of a rather longish article that is kind of all over the place and yet it has some deep insights that I think you would all appreciate. Please read it is is worth pulling something out of.
"The Constitution no more allows Congress to “delegate” authority to legislate — even if we rename that legislation “regulation” — than it allows the President to hand his cronies land. Regardless, the ICC set the pattern: Congress assigns power the Constitution never gives it to agencies, which get away with pretty much anything so long as they claim, however implausibly, that their outrage helps them fulfill Congress’ unconstitutional “delegation.”
http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/8715-administrative-law-the-second-set-of-books
"The Constitution no more allows Congress to “delegate” authority to legislate — even if we rename that legislation “regulation” — than it allows the President to hand his cronies land. Regardless, the ICC set the pattern: Congress assigns power the Constitution never gives it to agencies, which get away with pretty much anything so long as they claim, however implausibly, that their outrage helps them fulfill Congress’ unconstitutional “delegation.”
http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/8715-administrative-law-the-second-set-of-books
