> Congress is accorded very little power by the constitution No law can be made without them. They have tremendous power. > So what actually happens is that t

> Congress is accorded very little power by the constitution No law can be made without them. They have tremendous power. > So what actually happens is that the actual rule-making is done by the executive, in the form of these government agencies The FTC was literally created by an act of Congress, which explicitly gave them the power to enact rules like this. See my other comment on this page where I like the laws. Do people simply hear whatever their favorite politics pundit spews and take that at face value? It's so easy to simply look google such things.