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42 sats \ 6 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 11h \ parent \ on: The Systematic Unraveling of the Administrative State econ
Perhaps the executive cannot close down a congressionally mandated agency, but what is stopping him from firing all but the Senate approved secretary and putting said secretary in an office in a closet? The agency remains, the mandate remains but the technocratic staff is gone!
It's because Congress also allocates funds to be spent and mandates functions to be fulfilled.
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mandates functions to be fulfilled
Most of the time they don’t seem to clearly mandate very much, but delegate their authority to the agencies. That was not mentioned in the Constitution, as far as I can read it. Delegation of congressional authority is debatable as to whether they can do it or not.
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That's certainly true and presumably the reason there was such a freakout when they said they wanted to strip back to only what's mandated.
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Perhaps they freaked out on the idea that the agencies could no longer make new policies beyond what they were given by congress. That really cooked their noodles, apparently. Maybe the deep state’s house of cards is being blown away.
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I hope so. Did you see SCOTUS just decided in favor of dismantling the Department of Ed?
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No!! I haven’t seen that one yet!! If so, then the way is open for some serious anti-communist thinning out of the Civil Service and assorted state agencies.