Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of a government that represents the people, not a bureaucracy that represents Washington's interests. Pending on the Supreme Court docket is Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a case with the potential to overturn 40 years of bureaucratic overreach and restore the proper role of Congress, the courts, and the Presidency. Nearly 40 years of deference by lawmakers and judges to the executive has given rise to the administrative state, sometimes called the fourth branch of government. Over time, this unaccountable bureaucracy has gradually subverted the doctrine of separation of powers laid out by our Founders. According to the Constitution, Article I vests the power to make law in the Congress; Article II vests the power to enforce law in the Presidency; and Article III vests the power to interpret law in the courts. In no article are all three powers--to make, enforce, and interpret the law--jointly vested in a managerial bureaucracy of 1.8 million civil service employees. The very idea is offensive to our founding. However, at the heart of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo lies the doctrine of Chevron deference, a legal construct which would make our Founders turn in their graves. It is a 1980s judicial invention that shifts lawmaking powers from lawmakers and adjudicating powers from judges to a plenary executive branch.…”