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> it can make a law saying: "I delegate the tasks within this area to this agency". No, it can't. Article I of the Constitution says that all legislative power
by pdonis 2y ago
> it can make a law saying: "I delegate the tasks within this area to this agency".
No, it can't. Article I of the Constitution says that all legislative power is vested in Congress. It does not allow Congress to delegate anything that involves making laws. Agency regulations have the force of law, so they are laws as far as the Constitution is concerned, and are supposed to be passed by Congress according to the process given in the Constitution.
> Other large countries have a similar number of regulations.
That just means other countries also have too many laws. But more than that, if other countries want to have too many laws, that's their problem. They don't have the same Constitution the US does. The US Constitution was intended for a country that did not want a large body of Federal law micromanaging all aspects of people's lives.
> Can you provide examples of that? Most of the current laws deal with mundane rules and regulation. Like food safety or construction standards.
Food safety and construction standards are examples of ideology and failed social policy. The fact that we all want our food to be safe and construction to be done properly does not mean the government should be making the detailed rules for how those things are done; but our government has chosen to do it anyway because of ideology and failed social policy. In fact having the government do these things is a detriment to those goals, not a help. We have huge factory farms pumping food animals full of antibiotics because of government regulations that favor that kind of farming, not because it makes our food safer; it actually makes our food less safe, but government food safety inspectors watch it happen all the time and do nothing. We have a construction industry full of outdated building techniques and with costs much higher than they need to be because of government regulations that favor builders over their customers and discourage innovations.
- cyberax 2y ago> It does not allow Congress to delegate anything that involves making laws. Can you cite that article? > That just means other countries also have too many laws. Yeah. And only free-market fundamentalists know better. And when somebody points out the consequences of their actions, they always tell that the consequences are caused by "the government". And that it was not a true free market, because the True Free Market is (by definition!) always perfect. Examples: historical USA, China during 2000-2020-s, Africa right now. > Food safety and construction standards are examples of ideology and failed social policy. Yeah. No. > We have a construction industry full of outdated building techniques and with costs much higher than they need to be because of government regulations that favor builders over their customers and discourage innovations. You know, here's an anecdote for you. Wood-frame houses in Russia are almost impossible to sell, even though they are cheaper and better than houses constructed from concrete blocks. Do you know why? Because you can't easily inspect the quality of construction, as all the critical elements are hidden inside the walls. And there are no mandatory state inspections of houses in Russia, so anyone can build houses however they want. And wood-frame houses are often built by companies that are straightforwardly incompetent and/or cut corners during the construction. The end result? People are spending more money to be sure that their house does not rot in 3 years due to incorrectly installed insulation.
- pdonis 2y agoArticle I: "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives." No delegation anywhere.
- cyberax 2y agoIt does not prohibit delegation. For example, there's no article saying that the lawmakers don't have to write laws in their blood, either.