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There's a longstanding principle in U.S. Constitutional Law called the nondelegation doctrine[1]. Congress has broad authority to grant administrative and rulem
by matthewmcg 10y ago
There's a longstanding principle in U.S. Constitutional Law called the nondelegation doctrine[1]. Congress has broad authority to grant administrative and rulemaking authority to executive branch agencies, but it can't just give them blank-check power as a mini-legislature. Instead, it has to provide an "inteligible principle" to guide agency rulemaking.
[1] See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._W._Hampton,_Jr.,_%26_Co._v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._W._Hampton,_Jr.,_%26_Co._v....