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It seems like more and more of the legal system is based on "rules" issued by unelected officials, and less based on actual laws passed by Congress.
by jeffdavis 11y ago
It seems like more and more of the legal system is based on "rules" issued by unelected officials, and less based on actual laws passed by Congress.
- strommen 11y agoThe people that work in the FDA are experts in the safety of food and drugs. The representatives in Congress are...not. Either group can be bought off by a tobacco company, which seems to be what happened in this case.
- eplanit 11y agoPerhaps it could have been phrased more clearly: It seems like more and more [the force (and consequence to the citizen) of the government's authority] is based on "rules" issued by unelected officials, and less based on actual laws passed by [elected members of] Congress.
- dragonwriter 11y agoThese rules were issued by the FDA under the provisions adopted in "actual laws passed by Congress", principally the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009.
- jeffdavis 11y agoI'm not entirely comfortable with Congress delegating its authority to unelected people for unlimited periods of time. The fact is, what was perfectly legal yesterday will be illegal shortly, despite no new laws being passed, and no members of Congress taking responsibility. That's called rule of man, not rule of law.