With SCOTUS Poised To Rein In Out-Of-Control Bureaucrats, Leftists Lash Out

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With SCOTUS Poised To Rein In Out-Of-Control Bureaucrats, Leftists Lash Out

Several cases on the Supreme Court’s docket this term could rein in the administrative state, with potential implications for health care.

BY: CHRISTOPHER JACOBS
OCTOBER 11, 2023

It’s become so predictable that soon conservatives in Washington won’t even need a calendar. If it’s leftists lamenting an out-of-control judiciary, it must be October, and the start of the new Supreme Court term.

Politico weighed in with its contribution to the genre, highlighting how several cases on the court’s docket this term could rein in the administrative state, including potential implications of the rulings on health care. But the over-the-top rhetoric ignores the fact that recent court decisions have only reduced powers that the federal government in general, and the executive in particular, have improperly arrogated to themselves.

Fear of Constraining Bureaucrats
The piece starts with a description of “a broader conservative effort targeting the administrative state” and then proceeds to lay out the proverbial parade of horribles resulting from the same:

The slew of cases has alarmed legal experts, patient advocates and former health officials from both parties who say the consequences for the health care system — from drugmakers to nurses to patients — could be dire. If the court moves in the coming months to restrict federal agencies’ powers, they warn, a raft of health policy decisions would be punted to a gridlocked Congress.

Requiring lawmakers to make laws — quelle horreur!

Forgive the sarcasm, but some of the stated concerns appear overblown. In many of the remaining instances, executive agencies had no business trying to micromanage every facet of the economy and health care system to begin with.

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Source:  https://thefederalist.com/2023/10/11/with-scotus-poised-to-rein-in-out-of-control-bureaucrats-leftists-lash-out/