A Setback For the Administrative State
9th October 2015
One of the Obama administration’s many instances of administrative overreach was the EPA’s “Clean Water rule,” which expanded the definition of “waters of the United States” as used in the Clean Water Act. Some say that the definition is so expansive as to give the federal agency jurisdiction over your back yard. Eighteen states sued to enjoin enforcement of the EPA’s rule, and today, a three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed enforcement of the rule pending a fuller hearing on the merits.
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The explosive growth of the undemocratic, unaccountable administrative state is perhaps the greatest danger to our freedom. The EPA is perhaps the worst malefactor. While this litigation is not over, the 6th Circuit’s action is a welcome check on this particular effort to expand federal power.
The E.P.A. is one of the reasons that Richard Nixon will rot in Hell for all eternity.