Maggie's Farm

neither Hamburger nor Johnson wrote anything worth reading. At least Hamburger could have summarized his argument in a more cogent way -- and if his arguments swirl around what the english kings did in the 17th century, he's failed.

you'd never guess what administrative law is from either the linked article or Hamburger's summation of his book. apparently its Bad and Unconstitutional and Scary.

administrative law is based on a limited grant by congress of authority to an agency to enforce a specific body of law, e.g., the IRS administers the Internal Revenue Code. the USSC has already held these grants of authority constitutional (yes, I realize many readers have their private fantasy version of the constitution, but for the real world, its legitimate). if you don't like the IRS, petition congress to repeal the part of the IRC that created the IRS.

administrative law is challengeable in federal court, administrative decisions are reviewable by the federal courts to make sure that due process concerns are met (notice, opportunity to be heard, etc) . ten minutes on wikipedia will show how administrative rule-making works, and would be time better spent that reading the article and its main link.

ProTip: just because you don't like it doesn't mean its unconstitutional.

there's only one opinion that matters, and while you can believe anything you want to, if you disagree with the USSC then you can play to the crowd but for the most part, that's about all its worth.

unless the disaffected put their money where there mouths are. go ahead, challenge the constitutionality of congressional grants of power, its been done successfully before.

oh, yeah, but that requires doing, not just talking and its always easier to complain than to fix.