Reining in the administrative state | IN 60 SECONDS

The administrative agencies of the United States executive branch are gradually taking over the legislative role of Congress, adding thousands of laws each year outside the purview of Congress. AEI's Peter Wallison argues that Americans can reign in this legislative overreach by selecting the right judges at all levels of government.

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[dennis.k]

I couldn't agree more. But government overreach is not only administrative. There are over 5000 felony laws on the books according to Shawn Hopwood, who is one of the nations preeminent attorneys and who has argued cases before the Supreme Court. The potential (and the realization of) abuse is enormous. We should pray that government doesn't fall into totalitarian (Marxist) hands. In the long run, we have been dangerously close to that for decades.