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> the entire idea of Congress delegating authority to government agencies is unconstitutional. Authority? More like responsibility, aka implementation. I happe
by ArchTypical 8y ago
> the entire idea of Congress delegating authority to government agencies is unconstitutional.
Authority? More like responsibility, aka implementation. I happen to believe that congress born agencies should never have been created. Anything Congress creates becomes a self-sustaining, unkillable organization, because...Congress is glacial in deciding anything.
Any government born agency (regardless of branch) has authority. Which is more efficient and reliable, Congressional Agencies or Cabinet Bureaus? The threat that a Bureau can be dissolved at any time is important to their operation.
- maxxxxx 8y agoI am not sure what you are trying to say. Do you have any examples?
- mywittyname 8y agoI believe he's getting at the Nondelegation Doctrine [0]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondelegation_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondelegation_doctrine
- slededit 8y agoThis would also prevent congress from delegating war making powers to the President. In essence a formal declaration would then be required before military force could be used. I think it would be a healthy change.
- maxxxxx 8y agoCongress seems to have given up on using their powers because they are way too busy fighting each other. So they delegate decisions to the president.
- mywittyname 8y agoThe official terminology is delegated legislative power. I'm not sure authority is meaningfully different than power in the context of that comment, but since specifics are important in politics, I'll try to be as precise as possible.