[SoFloFreeper]

There is already a regulatory accountability act in the Constitution:

Article I

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

My emphasis was added by underlining. The precedent has been set for 200+ years, and needs to be RECLAIMED by the Congress.

No legislative (law-making) power was given to the Executive branch or the Judicial branch of the federal government. By extension, no legislative power was granted to a BUREAUCRACY!

Additionally, states ought to reclaim THEIR rightful place in the legislative process--the Constitution DOES NOT give the federal government power over the states and the people (see Amendment 9 & 10).

Just because the idea of natural law and natural rights and strict federalism has fallen out of vogue with the times doesn't mean the Constitution is null and void.

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[SoFloFreeper]

addendum to post 9 above:

The way to interpret this part of the Constitution, then, is to have ANY proposal by an agency created by Congress or proposed by an executive branch official or judiciary to be brought through Congress and voted upon by representatives of the states and the people.

The result will be ACCOUNTABILITY of the federal government to the people (as envisioned by the founders) and FEWER laws that restrict freedom.

[Jacquerie]

Our sovereignty has been stolen, . . . but there is a way to reclaim it in Article V.