Subj : Re: Bureaucrats and powers To : Mike Powell From : Aaron Thomas Date : Wed Dec 04 2024 22:28:54 MP> In a message from RON L. to AARON THOMAS MP> ------------------------- MP> > But the problem was never in the Executive Branch. It's in the Bureaucr MP> > Those people have Legislative power without any accountability. That's MP> > DOGE is going to be so important. MP> MP> "Those people" actually no longer have this power: MP> MP> "In mid-2024, the Supreme Cour's conservative supermajority overturned MP> its 40- year-old finding in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense MP> Council, a precedent that had largely given specific government agencies MP> (and experts working for them) the authority to interpret rules, MP> regulations and guidance they were charged with implementing. In doing MP> so, the court shifted the power to approve or deny changes in the MP> regulatory landscape away from the agencies -- ones like the Food and MP> Drug Administration, Federal Trade Commission, and Centers for Medicare MP> and Medicaid Services -- and toward the judiciary. I'm lost. I think you meant to address this message to Ron and not to me. I thought Ron was referring to congress voting to waste money (happens a lot) and that (hopefully) DOGE will do something about that. --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Windows/64) * Origin: JoesBBS.Com, Telnet:23 SSH:22 HTTP:80 (1:342/201) .