Power Without Responsibility : How Congress Abuses the People Through Delegation

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ISBN: 9780300065183 | 0300065183
Cover: Trade Paper
Copyright: 8/30/1995

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This book argues that Congress's process for making law is as corrosive to the nation as unchecked deficit spending. David Schoenbrod shows that Congress and the president, instead of making laws that govern us, generally give bureaucrats the power to make laws through agency regulations.

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Nub of the Argument	p. 3
Evolving Ideas of Delegation
The Vain Search for Virtuous Lawmakers	p. 25
Delegation in Practice
Broad Delegation: Regulating Navel Oranges	p. 49
Narrow Delegation: Regulating Air Pollution	p. 58
How Delegation Changes the Politics of Lawmaking	p. 82
Is Delegation Good Policy?
Delegation Weakens Democracy	p. 99
Delegation Endangers Liberty	p. 107
Delegation Makes Law Less Reasonable	p. 119
Congress Has Enough Time to Make the Laws	p. 135
The Courts Should Bar Delegation
The Constitution Prohibits Delegation	p. 155
Why the Courts Should Stop Delegation (and Nobody Else Can)	p. 165
How the Courts Should Define Unconstitutional Delegation	p. 180
Conclusion
America Is No Exception	p. 195
Notes	p. 199
Index	p. 256
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Power Without Responsibility : How Congress Abuses the People Through Delegation

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