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> In practical terms, who's stopping them? Courts? Pretty basic principle of how democratic systems are built.
by user-the-name 5y ago
> In practical terms, who's stopping them?
Courts? Pretty basic principle of how democratic systems are built.
- Kranar 5y agoNot so, at least in the U.S. and Canada. As per "Chevron deference" the courts are bound to defer to regulatory agencies over how to interpret ambiguous areas of the law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevron_U.S.A.,_Inc._v._Natural_Resources_Defense_Council,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevron_U.S.A.,_Inc._v._Natura....