Federal Agencies
The Rise of Delegation
We now live in a world of delegation.ย It is often said that most of the rules that are enforced at the federal level have not been enacted by Congress, but by administrative agencies.ย It was not always that way.ย The binding rules in the United States used to be...
Feds Once Again Threatening States Over REAL ID; States Need to Stand Their Ground
WASHINGTON (Oct. 25, 2016) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security once again ramped up its sabre-rattling routine, threatening that residents in states that have not complied with REAL ID will not be able to use their driver’s licenses to board...
HUD Rules Strip Control from Local Communities
New Housing and Urban Development rules to address segregation strip local governing bodies of control and place it in the hands of bureaucrats in Washington D.C. But local communities can avoid the rules simply by rejecting federal funding. In fact, adoption of these...
How the Feds Support Eco-Terrorism
Both before and after September 11, 2001, the FBI has considered โeco-terrorismโ one of its primary domestic terrorism concerns. Theย FBI defines โeco-terrorismโ as โthe use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against innocent victims or property by an...