Subj : Re: Bureaucrats and powers
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Dec 05 2024 10:49:58

 >  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
 >  MP> > Bureaucr Those people have Legislative power without any
 >  MP> > accountability.  That's  DOGE is going to be so important.

 >  MP> "Those people" actually no longer have this power:

 >  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
 >  MP> agencies (and experts working for them) the authority to interpret
 >  MP> rules, regulations and guidance they were charged with implementing. In
 >  MP> 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.

No meant for you.

 > I thought Ron was referring to congress voting to waste money (happens a
 > lot) and that (hopefully) DOGE will do something about that.

Congresspersons are not bureaucrats.  Ron was complaining about bureaucrats who
are usually appointed or hired, not elected, and that work for the "bureaus"
like the FDA or FTC.  I was pointing out, to you, that his
complaint/information is mostly moot as these bureaus no longer have the
authority that he is claiming they do.  As of earlier this year, the SCOTUS
stripped them of these powers.

If someone in the next 4+ years credits DOGE for doing so, they will be
mistaken.

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