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Glenn Reynolds: Blow up the administrative state
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants to amend the Constitution. His proposed changes:Prohibit Congress from regulating activity that occurs wholly within one state. Require Congress to balance its budget. Prohibit administrative agencies -- and the un-elected bureaucrats that staff them -- from creating federal law. Prohibit administrative agencies -- and the un-elected bureaucrats that staff them -- from preempting state law. Allow a two-thirds majority of the states to override a U.S. Supreme Court decision. Require a seven-justice super-majority vote for U.S. Supreme Court decisions that invalidate a democratically enacted law. Restore the balance of power between the federal and state governments by limiting the former to the powers expressly delegated to it in the Constitution. Give state officials the power to sue in federal court when federal officials overstep their bounds. Allow a two-thirds majority of the states to override a federal law or regulation. ...The real fear, I suspect, is that the proposals urged by Abbott, which would roll back much of the political class's successful power-grab over the past century, would prove popular enough to pass. If that happened, the federal government would become both smaller and more accountable, two political-class nightmares. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-01-18 |
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