Judicial Fortitude: The Last Chance to Rein in the Administrative State

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November 8, 2018 Judicial Fortitude: The Last Chance to Rein in the Administrative State

In a timely book, Peter J. Wallison challenges the legitimacy of the modern administrative state.

Thursday, Nov 8, 2018

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington, DC
20002

Featuring Author

Peter Wallison

Peter J. Wallison is the Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, where he specializes in financial markets deregulation. He has held numerous positions in government. He was Counselor to Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller, General Counsel to the Department of the Treasury, and White House Counsel. He has written numerous articles and op-eds, and has authored several books, including Hidden in Plain Sight: What Really Caused the World’s Worst Financial Crisis and Why It Could Happen Again (2016), and Ronald Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of his Presidency (2009). He holds degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

Description

In a timely book, Peter J. Wallison challenges the legitimacy of the modern administrative state. Rather than take up the burden of legislating, Congress has delegated lawmaking responsibility to regulatory agencies in direct violation of the Framers’ intent that the only government officials who should make law are the ones directly accountable to the electorate. The Supreme Court has aided and abetted this knowing violation of the Constitution by upholding a broad range of rulemaking delegations to political appointees and bureaucrats. The Court has aggravated the problem with the Chevron doctrine, which allows agencies to define the meaning of acts of Congress even though the Framers intended the federal courts to have that authority. 

This book argues that there is time to re-establish the constitutional system that the Framers created, but that we must act now or risk losing this opportunity forever.

~ Books will be available for purchase and to be signed by the Author. ~