The administrative state is that collection of bureaucrats—unelected—who exist at the local, state, and federal level. It is they who enact, and often write, the regulations that affect all Americans. This incredible power has little oversight or check. Here we publish creative solutions to this enduring problem.
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After Chevron: A Symposium
For forty years, U.S. courts have deferred to unelected bureaucrats for the interpretation of ambiguous statutes.
The Leviathan Has Not Been Tamed
When the Supreme Court overruled the doctrine of Chevron deference in this term’s…
Congress and the President Must Reclaim Power
At the end of the 2023-24 Supreme Court term in June, a 6-3…
Will Lower Courts Preserve the Administrative State?
If lower courts continue to thumb the scales in favor of the agencies, Chevron will…
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A Peek Inside the Undrained Swamp
“We the people” will not be in charge of the United States until federal employees understand that they are accountable…
Anarchy, American-Style
The 1960s revolution was both anarchic and nihilist. But it was waged against—not from—the establishment. The current revolution is much…
Illegal Immigration Destroys Sovereignty
Who is sovereign in America? The Washington establishment that has isolated itself from the vox populi, or the American people?…
Abandoning the Constitution
When the principles that establish the legitimacy of the constitution are understood to be changeable, are forgotten, or denied, the…
A Cold Civil War
This is a war not over the size of government or taxes, but over the American way of life.