Bureaucracy in America: The Administrative State’s Challenge to Constitutional Government

Event
Event

May 17, 2018 Bureaucracy in America: The Administrative State’s Challenge to Constitutional Government

The rise of the administrative state is the most significant political development in American politics over the past century.

Thursday, May 17, 2018

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington, DC
20002

Featuring

Joseph Postell

Ph.D.

2017-2018 Visiting Fellow in American Political Thought, B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics, The Heritage Foundation and Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

Description

The rise of the administrative state is the most significant political development in American politics over the past century. While our Constitution separates powers into three branches, and requires that the laws are made by elected representatives in the Congress, today most policies are made by unelected officials in agencies where legislative, executive, and judicial powers are combined. This threatens constitutionalism and the rule of law. In Bureaucracy in America, Joseph Postell examines the history of administrative power in America and argues that modern administrative law has failed to protect the principles of American constitutionalism as effectively as earlier approaches to regulation and administration.