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Dresch (2000)">"Administrative Law - The 20th Century Bequeaths an 'Illegitimate Exotic' in Full and Terrifying Flower" by Stephen P. Dresch (2000)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22Confronting_the_Administrative_Threat%22_by_Philip_Hamburger_and_Tony_Mills_(2017)" title=""Confronting the Administrative Threat" by Philip Hamburger and Tony Mills (2017)">"Confronting the Administrative Threat" by Philip Hamburger and Tony Mills (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22Constitutionalism_after_the_New_Deal%22_by_Cass_R._Sunstein_(1987)" title=""Constitutionalism after the New Deal" by Cass R. Sunstein (1987)">"Constitutionalism after the New Deal" by Cass R. Sunstein (1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22Rulemaking_as_Legislating%22_by_Kathryn_Watts_(2015)" title=""Rulemaking as Legislating" by Kathryn Watts (2015)">"Rulemaking as Legislating" by Kathryn Watts (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22The_Study_of_Administration%22_by_Woodrow_Wilson_(1887)" title=""The Study of Administration" by Woodrow Wilson (1887)">"The Study of Administration" by Woodrow Wilson (1887)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22Why_the_Modern_Administrative_State_Is_Inconsistent_with_the_Rule_of_Law%22_by_Richard_A._Epstein_(2008)" title=""Why the Modern Administrative State Is Inconsistent with the Rule of Law" by Richard A. Epstein (2008)">"Why the Modern Administrative State Is Inconsistent with the Rule of Law" by Richard A. Epstein (2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/Federalist_No._23_by_Alexander_Hamilton_(1787)" title="Federalist No. 23 by Alexander Hamilton (1787)">Federalist No. 23 by Alexander Hamilton (1787)</a></li> <li><a href="/Scholarly_work_related_to_the_administrative_state" title="Scholarly work related to the administrative state">More scholary articles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/Quotes_about_the_administrative_state" title="Quotes about the administrative state">Quotes about the administrative state</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/The_Administrative_State_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="The Administrative State Project">Tracking</a> <ul><li><a href="/Changes_to_the_Federal_Register" title="Changes to the Federal Register">Changes to the Federal Register</a></li> <li><a href="/Historical_additions_to_the_Federal_Register" title="Historical additions to the Federal Register">Historical additions to the Federal Register</a></li> <li><a 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deference">Skidmore deference</a></li> <li><a href="/Auer_deference" title="Auer deference">Auer deference</a></li> <li><a href="/Chevron_deference" class="mw-redirect" title="Chevron deference">Chevron deference</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="#Rulemaking">Rulemaking</a> <ul><li><a href="/Formal_rulemaking" title="Formal rulemaking">Formal rulemaking</a></li> <li><a href="/Informal_rulemaking" title="Informal rulemaking">Informal rulemaking</a></li> <li><a href="/Hybrid_rulemaking" title="Hybrid rulemaking">Hybrid rulemaking</a></li> <li><a href="/Proposed_rule" title="Proposed rule">Proposed rule</a></li> <li><a href="/Final_rule" title="Final rule">Final rule</a></li> <li><a href="/Comment_period" title="Comment period">Comment period</a></li> <li>Ex parte communications</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/Judicial_review" title="Judicial review">Judicial review</a></li> <li><a href="/Nondelegation_doctrine" title="Nondelegation doctrine">Nondelegation doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/Adjudication" class="mw-redirect" title="Adjudication">Adjudication</a></li> <li><a href="/Administrative_law_judge" title="Administrative law judge">Administrative law judge</a></li> <li><a href="/Due_process" class="mw-redirect" title="Due process">Due process</a></li> <li><a href="/Federalism" title="Federalism">Federalism</a></li> <li><a href="/Guidance_(administrative_state)" title="Guidance (administrative state)">Guidance</a></li> <li><a href="/Executive_agency" title="Executive agency">Executive agency</a></li> <li><a href="/Independent_federal_agency" title="Independent federal agency">Independent federal agency</a></li> <li><a href="/Concepts,_terms,_and_definitions_related_to_the_administrative_state" title="Concepts, terms, and definitions related to the administrative state">More terms and definitions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/Laws,_statutes,_and_bills_related_to_the_administrative_state" title="Laws, statutes, and bills related to the administrative state">Laws and statutes</a> <ul><li><a href="/Administrative_Procedure_Act" title="Administrative Procedure Act">Administrative Procedure Act</a></li> <li><a href="/Civil_Service_Reform_Act" title="Civil Service Reform Act">Civil Service Reform Act</a></li> <li><a href="/Congressional_Review_Act" title="Congressional Review Act">Congressional Review Act</a></li> <li><a href="/Regulatory_Flexibility_Act" title="Regulatory Flexibility Act">Regulatory Flexibility Act</a></li> <li><a href="/REINS_Act" title="REINS Act">REINS Act</a></li> <li><a href="/Securities_Act_of_1933" title="Securities Act of 1933">Securities Act of 1933</a></li> <li><a href="/Truth_in_Regulating_Act" title="Truth in Regulating Act">Truth in Regulating Act</a></li> <li><a href="/Unfunded_Mandates_Reform_Act" title="Unfunded Mandates Reform Act">Unfunded Mandates Reform Act</a></li> <li><a href="/Laws,_statutes,_and_bills_related_to_the_administrative_state" title="Laws, statutes, and bills related to the administrative state">More laws and statutes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/Executive_orders_related_to_the_administrative_state" title="Executive orders related to the administrative state">Executive orders</a> <ul><li><a href="#Jimmy_Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> <ul><li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_12044_(Jimmy_Carter,_1978)" title="Presidential Executive Order 12044 (Jimmy Carter, 1978)">Presidential Executive Order 12044 (Jimmy Carter, 1978)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="#Ronald_Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> <ul><li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_12291_(Ronald_Reagan,_1981)" title="Presidential Executive Order 12291 (Ronald Reagan, 1981)">Presidential Executive Order 12291 (Ronald Reagan, 1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_12498_(Ronald_Reagan,_1985)" title="Presidential Executive Order 12498 (Ronald Reagan, 1985)">Presidential Executive Order 12498 (Ronald Reagan, 1985)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="#Bill_Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> <ul><li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_12866_(Bill_Clinton,_1993)" title="Presidential Executive Order 12866 (Bill Clinton, 1993)">Presidential Executive Order 12866 (Bill Clinton, 1993)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13132_(Bill_Clinton,_1999)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13132 (Bill Clinton, 1999)">Presidential Executive Order 13132 (Bill Clinton, 1999)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="#George_W._Bush">George W. Bush</a> <ul><li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13258_(George_W._Bush,_2002)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13258 (George W. Bush, 2002)">Presidential Executive Order 13258 (George W. Bush, 2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13422_(George_W._Bush,_2007)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13422 (George W. Bush, 2007)">Presidential Executive Order 13422 (George W. Bush, 2007)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="#Barack_Obama">Barack Obama</a> <ul><li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13497_(Barack_Obama,_2009)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13497 (Barack Obama, 2009)">Presidential Executive Order 13497 (Barack Obama, 2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13563_(Barack_Obama,_2011)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13563 (Barack Obama, 2011)">Presidential Executive Order 13563 (Barack Obama, 2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13610_(Barack_Obama,_2012)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13610 (Barack Obama, 2012)">Presidential Executive Order 13610 (Barack Obama, 2012)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="#Donald_Trump">Donald Trump</a> <ul><li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13765_(Donald_Trump,_2017)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13765 (Donald Trump, 2017)">Presidential Executive Order 13765 (Donald Trump, 2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13771_(Donald_Trump,_2017)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13771 (Donald Trump, 2017)">Presidential Executive Order 13771 (Donald Trump, 2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13772_(Donald_Trump,_2017)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13772 (Donald Trump, 2017)">Presidential Executive Order 13772 (Donald Trump, 2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13777_(Donald_Trump,_2017)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13777 (Donald Trump, 2017)">Presidential Executive Order 13777 (Donald Trump, 2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13781_(Donald_Trump,_2017)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13781 (Donald Trump, 2017)">Presidential Executive Order 13781 (Donald Trump, 2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13783_(Donald_Trump,_2017)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13783 (Donald Trump, 2017)">Presidential Executive Order 13783 (Donald Trump, 2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13789_(Donald_Trump,_2017)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13789 (Donald Trump, 2017)">Presidential Executive Order 13789 (Donald Trump, 2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13836_(Donald_Trump,_2018)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13836 (Donald Trump, 2018)">Presidential Executive Order 13836 (Donald Trump, 2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13837_(Donald_Trump,_2018)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13837 (Donald Trump, 2018)">Presidential Executive Order 13837 (Donald Trump, 2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13839_(Donald_Trump,_2018)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13839 (Donald Trump, 2018)">Presidential Executive Order 13839 (Donald Trump, 2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/Presidential_Executive_Order_13843_(Donald_Trump,_2018)" title="Presidential Executive Order 13843 (Donald Trump, 2018)">Presidential Executive Order 13843 (Donald Trump, 2018)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/Executive_orders_related_to_the_administrative_state" title="Executive orders related to the administrative state">More executive orders</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/Agencies_and_offices_of_the_administrative_state" title="Agencies and offices of the administrative state">Agencies</a> <ul><li><a href="#Executive_departments">Executive departments</a> <ul><li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_State" title="U.S. Department of State">Dept. of State</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_Defense" title="U.S. Department of Defense">Dept. of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_Justice" title="U.S. Department of Justice">Dept. of Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_the_Treasury" title="U.S. Department of the Treasury">Dept. of the Treasury</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="U.S. Department of Homeland Security">Dept. of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_Education" title="U.S. Department of Education">Dept. of Education</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="U.S. Department of Health and Human Services">Dept. of Health and Human Services</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_Labor" title="U.S. Department of Labor">Dept. of Labor</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs">Dept. of Veterans Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_Transportation" title="U.S. Department of Transportation">Dept. of Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_Energy" title="U.S. Department of Energy">Dept. of Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" title="U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development">Dept. of Housing and Urban Development</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_the_Interior" title="U.S. Department of the Interior">Dept. of the Interior</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_Agriculture" title="U.S. Department of Agriculture">Dept. of Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Department_of_Commerce" title="U.S. Department of Commerce">Dept. of Commerce</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="#Executive_agencies">Executive agencies</a> <ul><li><a href="/U.S._Office_of_Management_and_Budget" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Office of Management and Budget">Office of Management and Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Office_of_Information_and_Regulatory_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs">U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Civil_Service_Commission" title="United States Civil Service Commission">U.S. Civil Service Commission</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="#Independent_agencies">Independent agencies</a> <ul><li><a href="/U.S._Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="U.S. Environmental Protection Agency">Environmental Protection Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Small_Business_Administration" title="U.S. Small Business Administration">Small Business Administration</a></li> <li><a href="/Administrative_Conference_of_the_United_States" title="Administrative Conference of the United States">Administrative Conference of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/Court_cases_and_lawsuits_related_to_the_administrative_state" title="Court cases and lawsuits related to the administrative state">Court cases</a> <ul><li><a href="/Auer_v._Robbins" title="Auer v. Robbins">Auer v. Robbins</a></li> <li><a href="/Chevron_v._Natural_Resources_Defense_Council" title="Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council">Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council</a></li> <li><a href="/Skidmore_v._Swift_%26_Co." title="Skidmore v. Swift & Co.">Skidmore v. Swift & Co.</a></li> <li><a href="/Humphrey%27s_Executor_v._United_States" title="Humphrey's Executor v. United States">Humphrey's Executor v. United States</a></li> <li><a href="/Citizens_to_Preserve_Overton_Park_v._Volpe" title="Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe">Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe</a></li> <li><a href="/Court_cases_and_lawsuits_related_to_the_administrative_state" title="Court cases and lawsuits related to the administrative state">More court cases</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div> <table style="width:20%; background:#F0F0F0; font-size:100%; border:1px solid #ccc; float:right; padding:3px; text-align: center; margin-left:1.5%"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #000090; font-size:115%; color:white; height:30px">Administrative State </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/Administrative_state" title="Administrative state"><img alt="Administrative State Icon Gold.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/a/a3/Administrative_State_Icon_Gold.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #000090; font-size:100%; color:white; height:30px">Five Pillars of the Administrative State </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #F0F0F0; font-size:100%;"><small>• <b><a href="/Five_pillars_of_the_administrative_state:_Nondelegation" title="Five pillars of the administrative state: Nondelegation">Nondelegation</a><br />• <a href="/Five_pillars_of_the_administrative_state:_Judicial_deference" title="Five pillars of the administrative state: Judicial deference">Judicial deference</a><br />• <a href="/Five_pillars_of_the_administrative_state:_Executive_control_of_agencies" title="Five pillars of the administrative state: Executive control of agencies">Executive control</a><br />• <a href="/Five_pillars_of_the_administrative_state:_Procedural_rights" title="Five pillars of the administrative state: Procedural rights">Procedural rights</a><br />• <a href="/Five_pillars_of_the_administrative_state:_Agency_dynamics" title="Five pillars of the administrative state: Agency dynamics">Agency dynamics</a></b></small> <hr style="background-color:#407374" /> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #F0F0F0; font-size:100%;"><small><b>Click here for more coverage of the <a href="/Glossary_of_administrative_state_terms" title="Glossary of administrative state terms">administrative state</a> on Ballotpedia</b></small> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>"From Administrative State to Constitutional Government"</b> (2012) is an article by American political theorist <a href="/Joseph_Postell" title="Joseph Postell">Joseph Postell</a> arguing that the administrative state is unconstitutional. Postell examines the origins of the administrative state during the Progressive Era and follows its evolution over the course of the 20th century. He later proposes measures to bring the modern administrative state into agreement with the Constitution and suggests decentralizing regulatory authority to reflect the local regulatory approach of the Founding Fathers.<sup id="cite_ref-doc_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doc-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li><b>Author:</b> <a href="/Joseph_Postell" title="Joseph Postell">Joseph Postell</a> </li></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li><b>Source:</b> <a href="/The_Heritage_Foundation" title="The Heritage Foundation">The Heritage Foundation</a> </li></div><div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li><b>Abstract:</b> In the introduction to the article, Postell provides the following summary of his argument: <p><br /> </p> "The administrative state is an assault on constitutional principles—government by consent, the separation of powers, and the rights of individuals—that liberals and conservatives hold dear. The key to reform is that it be grounded in a proper understanding of these principles, not in the hope of immediate short-term gain or narrow self-interest. If we begin from constitutional principles and can communicate those principles and their relevance to the public in a clear manner, the reforms envisioned in this report are not too far from our grasp. It is high time that Americans work together to forge an alternative to the administrative state so that we preserve our constitutional principles for future generations."</li></div></div> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Author"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Author</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Joseph_Postell"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Joseph Postell</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#"Part_I:_What_is_the_Administrative_State?""><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">"Part I: What is the Administrative State?"</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#"Part_II:_The_Problem_of_the_Administrative_State""><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">"Part II: The Problem of the Administrative State"</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#"Part_III:_The_Alternative-Constitutional_Government""><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">"Part III: The Alternative-Constitutional Government"</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#"Part_IV:_What_Can_Be_Done?""><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">"Part IV: What Can Be Done?"</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Full_text"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Full text</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Author">Author</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Joseph_Postell">Joseph Postell</span></h3> <p><a href="/Joseph_Postell" title="Joseph Postell">Joseph Postell</a> is an American political theorist, professor, and author. He is an associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College, as of January 2023. From August 2017 through August 2020, he was an associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Government and the Individual. He was a 2017-2018 visiting fellow in American political thought at <a href="/The_Heritage_Foundation" title="The Heritage Foundation">The Heritage Foundation</a>. He is the author of <i>Bureaucracy in America: The Administrative State's Challenge to Constitutional Government</i>. According to his faculty profile page on the University of Colorado website, Postell's areas of interest include political theory, American political thought, the presidency, the U.S. Congress, administrative law, and public administration.<sup id="cite_ref-col_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-col-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> </p><p>Below is a summary of Postell's education and career:<sup id="cite_ref-col_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-col-2">[2]</a></sup> </p><p><b>Academic degrees:</b> </p> <ul><li>B.A. (2001), Ashland University</li> <li>M.A. (2004), University of Dallas</li> <li>Ph.D. (2010), University of Dallas</li></ul> <p><b>Professional positions and honors</b> </p> <ul><li>Associate professor, Hillsdale College</li> <li>Associate professor, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2017-2020</li> <li>Visiting fellow in American political thought, <a href="/The_Heritage_Foundation" title="The Heritage Foundation">The Heritage Foundation</a>, 2017-2018</li></ul> <h2><span id=".22Part_I:_What_is_the_Administrative_State.3F.22"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=""Part_I:_What_is_the_Administrative_State?"">"Part I: What is the Administrative State?"</span></h2> <p>The first section of Postell's article presents his definition of the <a href="/Administrative_state" title="Administrative state">administrative state</a>. He describes the various structures of administrative agencies, ranging from those overseen by the executive branch of the federal government to <a href="/Independent_federal_agency" title="Independent federal agency">independent agencies</a>. He identifies four characteristics that define the administrative state: (1) the concurrent exercise of executive, legislative, and judicial functions within administrative agencies, (2) the delegation of executive power, (3) agencies staffed by individuals described by Postell as impartial experts, and (4) agency <a href="/Adjudication" class="mw-redirect" title="Adjudication">adjudication</a> procedures that do not recognize due process rights. Postell concludes this section with a historical overview of the administrative state that examines its origins in the Progressive Era and its growth over the course of the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-doc_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doc-1">[1]</a></sup> </p><p>Postell offers the following definition of the administrative state:<sup id="cite_ref-doc_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doc-1">[1]</a></sup> <br /> </p> <table style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"> <table data-nosnippet="" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;background-color: transparent; auto; ;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 3px;">“ </td> <td valign="top" style="border: none; padding: 4px 10px;"><br />The term 'administrative state' or 'regulatory state' is used frequently but often inaccurately. To what does it actually refer? Broadly <p>speaking, the term “administrative state” describes our contemporary situation, in which the authority to make public policy is unlimited, centralized, and delegated to unelected bureaucrats. <br /> <br /> There are different types of agencies and departments that make up the administrative state. ... Determining the exact total number of these agencies and departments is a monumentally difficult task, but there are several dozens of them, each with massive power over a particular aspect of national policy. <br /> <br /> However, the problem of the administrative state is straightforward. Whether the regulatory agencies are 'executive agencies,' 'executive departments,' 'federal departments,' or 'independent regulatory commissions' is irrelevant. In whatever form they may take, the myriad agencies and departments that make up this administrative state operate as a 'fourth branch' of government that typically combines the powers of the other three and makes policy with little regard for the rights and opinions of citizens. (p. 5)<sup id="cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quotedisclaimer-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> </td> <td width="20" valign="bottom" style="border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 1px;">” </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span id=".22Part_II:_The_Problem_of_the_Administrative_State.22"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=""Part_II:_The_Problem_of_the_Administrative_State"">"Part II: The Problem of the Administrative State"</span></h2> <p>In the second section of the article, Postell presents his argument that the <a href="/Administrative_state" title="Administrative state">administrative state</a> is unconstitutional. He identifies four constitutional conflicts to support his position: (1) the consolidation of executive, legislative, and judicial powers within adminsitrative agencies, (2) the delegation of legislative power to administrative agencies through <a href="/Rulemaking" title="Rulemaking">rulemaking</a>, (3) the abandonment of the republican form of government through the violation of the principle of government by consent through direct or indirect elections, and (4) administrative <a href="/Adjudication" class="mw-redirect" title="Adjudication">adjudication</a> proceedings that fail to recognize the rule of law:<sup id="cite_ref-doc_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doc-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <table style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"> <table data-nosnippet="" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;background-color: transparent; auto; ;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 3px;">“ </td> <td valign="top" style="border: none; padding: 4px 10px;"><br />Many modern administrative agencies clearly violate the Constitution’s principle of separation of powers by combining legislative, executive, and judicial power in the same hands. James Madison explains in Federalist No. 47 that 'the combination of all powers legislative, executive, and judiciary in the same hands…may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.' <p><br /> <br /> In Madison’s view, the very act of combining all powers of government in the same hands is tyrannical, regardless of whether the official exercising these powers is benevolent. This is because the temptation to abuse that power will always be too great a temptation for human nature to withstand: 'If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.' Men, alas, are not angels. (p. 11)<sup id="cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quotedisclaimer-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> </td> <td width="20" valign="bottom" style="border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 1px;">” </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span id=".22Part_III:_The_Alternative-Constitutional_Government.22"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=""Part_III:_The_Alternative-Constitutional_Government"">"Part III: The Alternative-Constitutional Government"</span></h2> <p>Postell presents what he considers to be a responsible approach to regulation in an effort to reform the administrative state. He advocates a return to the regulatory approach of the Founding Fathers, who supported regulations consistent with natural rights and developed within the constitutional framework. Postell proposes (1) explicitly stating the duties of administrators rather than granting them discretionary authority, (2) adjudicating cases through the judicial system, and (3) decentralizing regulatory authority to the local level as potential reforms:<sup id="cite_ref-doc_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doc-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <table style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"> <table data-nosnippet="" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;background-color: transparent; auto; ;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 3px;">“ </td> <td valign="top" style="border: none; padding: 4px 10px;"><br />Reforming the administrative state would not mean an end to all regulation. The choice is not between the current state of unconstitutional overregulation and a Wild West of laissez-faire. What we need is responsible regulation within the constitutional framework on which this country stands. <p><br /> Regulation has been prevalent in American society since the time of the Founding. Regulation has never been understood to be by definition in conflict with the principles upon which America was founded. But the administrative state eliminates the possibility of responsible regulation: both responsible in the sense of accountability and responsible in the sense of justice. <br /> <br /> Whenever the possibility of reforming or eliminating our modern bureaucracy is brought up, the typical response is twofold: We need the expertise of the agencies in our modern, hypercomplex world, and getting rid of bureaucracy would mean a return to the anarchy of laissez-faire economics with child labor, unsafe food, and unregulated markets. At best, these responses are based on ignorance of how regulation has worked traditionally. At worst, they are dishonest and intended to demonize any attempt to challenge the status quo. <br /> <br /> Both of these arguments are disproved by looking at the Founders’ approach to regulation. The Founders responded to an interdependent and complicated economy with regulations that were consistent with natural rights and—just as important—established through a constitutional process rather than an unconstitutional fourth branch of government. (p. 20)<sup id="cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quotedisclaimer-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> </td> <td width="20" valign="bottom" style="border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 1px;">” </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span id=".22Part_IV:_What_Can_Be_Done.3F.22"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=""Part_IV:_What_Can_Be_Done?"">"Part IV: What Can Be Done?"</span></h2> <p>Postell concludes the report with actionable proposals for reigning in the authority and curbing the growth of the <a href="/Administrative_state" title="Administrative state">administrative state</a>. He suggests that Congress can take a more active role in administrative oversight by using the power of the purse to institute financial accountability for agencies and by requiring congressional approval of any <a href="/Proposed_rule" title="Proposed rule">proposed administrative rules</a>. Postell also suggests limiting agency autonomy by bringing all agencies under the control of the president and strengthening the standards for judicial review of agency actions:<sup id="cite_ref-doc_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doc-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <table style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"> <table data-nosnippet="" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;background-color: transparent; auto; ;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 3px;">“ </td> <td valign="top" style="border: none; padding: 4px 10px;"><br />But serious reform is possible. To the extent that the modern regulatory system has become an administrative state, it must be dismantled. This does not require that we eliminate the entire welfare state, shut down every federal agency, or close down most federal departments. It does require sound, strategic thinking based on an understanding of how constitutional principles should be applied today. <p><br /> Each of the three legitimate branches of government has a role to play in restoring constitutional government and reining in the unconstitutional power of the administrative state. <br /> </p> <ul><li>Congress can take concrete and attainable steps to restore its constitutional responsibility for making the laws.</li> <li>The President can take measures to attain greater control of the truly executive functions of administrative agencies and federal departments, restoring the chief executive’s constitutional authority to oversee executive branch affairs (and creating incentives for Congress to stop delegating its power).</li> <li>The courts can take more responsibility in reviewing the decisions of administrative agencies and federal bureaucracies, both to prevent the expansion of their powers and to preserve the rule of law and the rights of citizens who are subject to the agencies’ and departments’ control. (p. 25)<sup id="cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quotedisclaimer-5">[5]</a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td width="20" valign="bottom" style="border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 1px;">” </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"); });</script></div><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_administrative_state_coverage" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballotpedia's administrative state coverage">Ballotpedia's administrative state coverage</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Full_text">Full text</span></h2> <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2012/pdf/sr116.pdf">"From Administrative State to Constitutional Government"</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Footnotes">Footnotes</span></h2> <p> <script type="text/javascript"> if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; </script> </p> <div class="references-small"><div class="mobile-columns"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-doc-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-doc_1-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-doc_1-1">1.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-doc_1-2">1.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-doc_1-3">1.3</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-doc_1-4">1.4</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-doc_1-5">1.5</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2012/pdf/sr116.pdf"><i>The Heritage Foundation</i>, "From Administrative State to Constitutional Government," December 14, 2012</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-col-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-col_2-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-col_2-1">2.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.uccs.edu/polisci/faculty_and_staff/joseph_postell"><i>University of Colorado at Colorado Springs</i>, "Joseph Postell, PhD," accessed August 30, 2019</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://fedsoc.org/contributors/joseph-postell"><i>The Federalist Society</i>, "Joseph Postell," accessed February 8, 2018</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.hillsdale.edu/faculty/joseph-postell/"><i>Hillsdale,</i> <i>Joseph Postell,</i> accessed July 5, 2023</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-quotedisclaimer-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_5-0">5.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_5-1">5.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_5-2">5.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_5-3">5.3</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. 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navbox-odd"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"><small> <ul><li><a href="/%22Administrative_Law_-_The_20th_Century_Bequeaths_an_%27Illegitimate_Exotic%27_in_Full_and_Terrifying_Flower%22_by_Stephen_P._Dresch_(2000)" title=""Administrative Law - The 20th Century Bequeaths an 'Illegitimate Exotic' in Full and Terrifying Flower" by Stephen P. Dresch (2000)">"Administrative Law - The 20th Century Bequeaths an 'Illegitimate Exotic' in Full and Terrifying Flower" by Stephen P. Dresch (2000)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22Confronting_the_Administrative_Threat%22_by_Philip_Hamburger_and_Tony_Mills_(2017)" title=""Confronting the Administrative Threat" by Philip Hamburger and Tony Mills (2017)">"Confronting the Administrative Threat" by Philip Hamburger and Tony Mills (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22Constitutionalism_after_the_New_Deal%22_by_Cass_R._Sunstein_(1987)" title=""Constitutionalism after the New Deal" by Cass R. Sunstein (1987)">"Constitutionalism after the New Deal" by Cass R. Sunstein (1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/Federalist_No._23_by_Alexander_Hamilton_(1787)" title="Federalist No. 23 by Alexander Hamilton (1787)">Federalist No. 23 by Alexander Hamilton (1787)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">"From Administrative State to Constitutional Government" by Joseph Postell (2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22Interring_the_Nondelegation_Doctrine%22_by_Eric_A._Posner_and_Adrian_Vermeule_(2002)" title=""Interring the Nondelegation Doctrine" by Eric A. Posner and Adrian Vermeule (2002)">"Interring the Nondelegation Doctrine" by Eric A. Posner and Adrian Vermeule (2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22Rulemaking_as_Legislating%22_by_Kathryn_Watts_(2015)" title=""Rulemaking as Legislating" by Kathryn Watts (2015)">"Rulemaking as Legislating" by Kathryn Watts (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22The_Checks_%26_Balances_of_the_Regulatory_State%22_by_Paul_R._Verkuil_(2016)" title=""The Checks & Balances of the Regulatory State" by Paul R. Verkuil (2016)">"The Checks & Balances of the Regulatory State" by Paul R. Verkuil (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22The_Myth_of_the_Nondelegation_Doctrine%22_by_Keith_E._Whittington_and_Jason_Iuliano_(2017)" title=""The Myth of the Nondelegation Doctrine" by Keith E. Whittington and Jason Iuliano (2017)">"The Myth of the Nondelegation Doctrine" by Keith E. Whittington and Jason Iuliano (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22The_Progressive_Origins_of_the_Administrative_State:_Wilson,_Goodnow,_and_Landis%22_by_Ronald_J._Pestritto_(2007)" title=""The Progressive Origins of the Administrative State: Wilson, Goodnow, and Landis" by Ronald J. Pestritto (2007)">"The Progressive Origins of the Administrative State: Wilson, Goodnow, and Landis" by Ronald J. Pestritto (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22The_Rise_and_Rise_of_the_Administrative_State%22_by_Gary_Lawson_(1994)" title=""The Rise and Rise of the Administrative State" by Gary Lawson (1994)">"The Rise and Rise of the Administrative State" by Gary Lawson (1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22The_Study_of_Administration%22_by_Woodrow_Wilson_(1887)" title=""The Study of Administration" by Woodrow Wilson (1887)">"The Study of Administration" by Woodrow Wilson (1887)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22The_Threat_to_Liberty%22_by_Steven_F._Hayward_(2017)" title=""The Threat to Liberty" by Steven F. Hayward (2017)">"The Threat to Liberty" by Steven F. Hayward (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/%22Why_the_Modern_Administrative_State_Is_Inconsistent_with_the_Rule_of_Law%22_by_Richard_A._Epstein_(2008)" title=""Why the Modern Administrative State Is Inconsistent with the Rule of Law" by Richard A. Epstein (2008)">"Why the Modern Administrative State Is Inconsistent with the Rule of Law" by Richard A. Epstein (2008)</a></li></ul> </small></div></td></tr><tr style="height:2px"><td></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-group" style=";background:#bbccee;;"><b>Agencies</b></td><td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;width:100%;padding:0px;padding:0.25em 0; line-height:1.4em;;;" class="navbox-list navbox-even"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"><a href="/Administrative_Conference_of_the_United_States" title="Administrative Conference of the United States">Administrative Conference of the United States</a> • <a href="/United_States_Civil_Service_Commission" title="United States Civil Service Commission">United States Civil Service Commission</a> • <a href="/U.S._Government_Accountability_Office" title="U.S. Government Accountability Office">U.S. Government Accountability Office</a> • <a href="/U.S._Office_of_Information_and_Regulatory_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs">U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs</a> • <a href="/U.S._Office_of_Management_and_Budget" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Office of Management and Budget">U.S. Office of Management and Budget</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="navbox" cellspacing="0" style=";"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:2px;"><table cellspacing="0" class="collapsible autocollapse" style="width:100%;background:transparent;color:inherit;;"><tbody><tr><th style=";background:#0744ac; color: white;" colspan="2" class="navbox-title"><div style="float:left; width:6em;text-align:left;"><div class="noprint plainlinksneverexpand" style="background-color:transparent; padding:0; white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal; font-size:xx-small; ;background:#0744ac; color: white;;border:none;;"><a href="/Template:Ballotpedia" title="Template:Ballotpedia"><span title="View this template" style=";background:#0744ac; color: white;;border:none;;">v</span></a> <span style="font-size:80%;">•</span> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Ballotpedia&action=edit"><span style="color:#002bb8;;background:#0744ac; color: white;;border:none;;" title="You can edit this template. 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