We no longer live under the Constitution, with its three branches
of government. We live under "Administrative
Law" in an "Administrative
State." James Freedman has called it "a fourth
branch of government,"[1] but
it is actually a form of government which Madison, as he wrote in The
Federalist, would have called “the very essence of tyranny.”[2]
While a few thousand bills are introduced in Congress, only a few hundred become law, and this includes renaming a post office and giving a medal to Frank Sinatra.
Congressional Workload -- 1947-2000
Not Too Much to Show for Congress' Efforts
Most of the real lawmaking is done in the bureaucracies. "Congressional oversight" is impossible; the size of
government -- the "Administrative State" -- is as
incomprehensible as it is unconstitutional.
Ten Thousand Commandments - The Cato Institute
Has the Constitution Been
Suspended? -- The Rise of the "Administrative
State"
The Foundations of the
Constitution have been Destroyed
Here is a list of many key
federal agencies, departments, boards and commissions. These can
be broken down into the following areas:
The Cabinet Departments
Major Independent
Agencies
Obscure Independent Agencies
Bureaucracy
and Government (independent.org)
Nondelegation and the Administrative State
E. Corwin, Constitutional Revolution, Ltd., 13 (1941).
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of Legislative Powers
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