Correct me if I’m wrong, Doesn’t our Constitution say that only the legislature can make our laws and not a ravenous pack of unionized executive bureaucrats?
Doesn't our Constitution say that only the legislature can make our laws and not a ravenous pack of unionized executive bureaucrats?
The Legislature creates the laws, the Executive enforces the laws. The problem is that Congress can and does delegate limited rule-making authority to the Executive branch agencies, so Congress can look at the "big picture" while the bureaucrats craft the rules to implement the intent of Congress' broad strokes.
Statute is codified in the United States Code (USC); the bureaucrats develop rules that are codified in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Proposed additions to the CFR are published in the Federal Register; members of the public can then respond to any Notice of Proposed Rule-making. The bureaucrats have to consider all contributions before finalizing any new rule, modification to a rule, or elimination of a rule.
All according to Hoyle. Congress can rein in the bureaucrats if it wants to, especially when Congress thinks the Executive went too far -- Congress can amend the statutes controlling the agencies. And the Courts also make decisions on whether rule-making is constitutional, and formed according to the agency's rules and overall statutes covering rule-making.
Now, aren't you sorry you asked?