“The autonomy was magnified when the Supreme Court ruled in 1984 that agencies are entitled to heavy deference in their interpretations of laws. The court went even further this past week, ruling that agencies should get the same heavy deference in determining their own jurisdictions — a power that was previously believed to rest with Congress. In his dissent in Arlington v. FCC, Chief Justice John Roberts warned: “It would be a bit much to describe the result as ‘the very definition of tyranny,’ but the danger posed by the growing power of the administrative state cannot be dismissed.””
I have run into the tiny tin-pot bureaucrat who has no power in their personal life, but the power of saying “no” in their professional life. When a child turns two and discovers the power of “no” you hear it thousands of times a day. That’s the only power they have so the exercise it extensively.
People who can make illogical and stupid rules do so because they have the power to do it. (Clinton’s excuse for the blow jobs was, “because I could.”) Congress needs to either defund these out of control agencies (IRS, EPA, et. al.) or re-write the laws so the agencies are specifically told what they can do, and more importantly, what they can’t do.
Every agency you can think of has been infiltrated and is now controlled by the agenda-laden left.
Hogwash! This is nothing more than the Washington compost trying to make excuses. People who run these agencies are political appointees put in charged by the President. They kowtow to the wishes of the President and implement his direction. Do you think for a moment that if liberal groups were targeted this President wouldn’t be throwing people in jail?
What you have here with the DOJ/FoxNews scandal, the IRS, Benganzi, etc is nothing more than an orchestrated agenda set by this President. The MSM, which has tried so desperately to hide all of this now finds itself in a position to cover their rears.
The autonomy was magnified when the Supreme Court ruled in 1984 that agencies are entitled to heavy deference in their interpretations of laws.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The People need to Change that ruling and Congress needs to pass the necessary law that no regulation can usurp or expand the plain meaning of any statutory provision.
If Congress bans the federal regulation of Coffee, then that also means Cappuccino. We are being ruled by socialista bureaucrats.They are ruining the country.
Why should such madness even be funded by taxes and a criminal IRS?
BTTT
I have been saying for years that it isn’t the laws that we have to fear so much as regulations.
One lone Bureaucrat sitting in an office making up their own rules.
You can fight the law, but regulations are pretty much cast in stone.
A good example is the regulation authority of Sebelius in the Health Care Bill and the authority of Napolitano at immigration.Al;so Holder ate Justice.
They are running rogue agencies with far too much power.
Why do they get away with it? Congress is too friggin lazy to buck them.
They have managed to bypass congress and to some of our congressman and women this is fine. Remember sen. conyers(dope) who made this comment, “ I dont have time to read this bill it’s 2500 pages”
It is TIME to DownSize DC!
CLOSE, ELIMINATE entire Rogue Departments, many of which are clearly Unconstitutional.
Move any worthwhile functions back to the states where they can be more properly administered.
Department of Energy (except the military functions which should be included in the military complex)
Department of Education (which is more accurately the Department of brainwashing), including their SWAT Teams
Environmental Protection Department
and on an on.
It is TIME to move the center-of-gravity of the Federal Government back to the States where it belongs.
4th branch — Valarie Jarrett
The Know Nothing Party — that is a perfect name for the party that knows nothing about the Bill of Rights except for the 5th Amendment and probably can’t even cite that properly.
Sure is interesting to see Turley say stuff like this...one who has seemed to consistently back the oppressive policies of Demon Rats.
This is why I have always opposed term limits. The Forth Branch barely listen as it is, what happens when they make the bosses temporary?
The permanent bureaucracy in DC is liberal and votes Obama. Its hiring policies slant gay/minority/black/female. Those are your administrative rulers in DC. AKA — The managerial class. The nomenclatura
Every freeper should read this article 10 times
That elected officials hand over their sworn obligations to bureaucratic civil service people is also rampant at the state and local government levels. These politicians are onto the catch that their election depends upon these ‘civil servants’ who have embedded themselves and friends into the government. That civil servants can collectively by personal choice shut government down by unionization is a demonstrated fact of life.
The natural ‘enemy’ of a bloated bureaucracy is the people who resent paying for it... that’s us. This just keeps getting more and more charming...
It is my understanding that the agencies develop the regulations that are then interpreted by rules. The rules are often actually written after proper study, by contractors.
This hidden mega bureaucracy of contractor rule writers is huge.
Let’s start the next form of government - Independent - Going back to what the founding fathers developed - limited government.