From what I remember, maybe the little bit of US government I was taught, but not the original design, is that Congress makes the laws, and the president executes those laws via the federal agencies. My intention isn't going into the constitutionality of that setup, or of the agencies themselves, but how would something like border enforcement be done? That's actually in the constitutional purview of the federal government - provide for the common defense.
Would that be done with a border patrol funded by (laugh here) and under the direction of the government? Or would that be given to the states with a framework to go by? Would a militia need to be raised for it? There's also the issue of ambassadors. I know they answer to the president, but what kind of organization would they be in? Would it be a much smaller, reconstituted state department?
I'm just wondering how the president is going to execute the laws that Congress makes.
The 3 letter agencies will still be there. They just can't make up their own laws/regulations.
Right. They’ll have to follow the law instead of making it up as they go.
Congress has basically exempted themselves from their law-making function and turned the responsibility over to regulatory agencies, which are now an uncontrollable machine that makes life difficult in what is supposed to be the most free nation in the world. The unelected bureaucrats hold more power than any elected official, and Congress abdicated their responsibility many years ago.
Perhaps it was because Congress-critters felt too busy to concern itself with the lives of us "little people." Maybe they just didn't want the bad PR that unpopular regulations would bring, so they distanced themselves from the agencies and could say, "Well, it's out of our hands...the bureaucrats are to blame."
Getting back to a truly Constitutional Representative Republic will be difficult, but a favorable SCOTUS decision on WV. vs. EPA might just begin to unravel this Congressional mess.
Bottom line: You can always trust Congress.... to f#*k things up beyond repair.
It was hussein that said "you can always trust Joe to fuck things up." Except we don't have the real Biden anymore.
But thats not whats happening in reality. These 3 letter agencies have been beyond any oversight and make their own rules (like EPA regulations) and then enforce them. So technically they are not enforcing the laws Congress made, but rather Congress made a law that allowed them to make their own laws.
This is the crux of the problem. The issue is not delegating enforcement, but rather delegating making laws.
In which case the EPA and ATF will be enforcing only the laws congress makes, instead of making or adding on their own bullshit. I personally doubt the supreme court deciding with West Virginia would call into question the legitimacy of the agencies, but rather force those agencies back into constitutional bounds.
I have it on my todo list to read the full opinion before the end of the day. The only way we know what they are thinking.