Obviously I’m being a bit facetious. The Admin State isn’t going away, but … It’s hard to get away from the strong impression that the Admin State as we know it looks to be in for a major do over in the not too distant future. The latest signal came today in a decision with the opinion written by Justice Alito. I haven’t read the opinion and my go to guy Turley is MIA on this, so far. However, my initial understanding is that this decision
To give this some real world context, in our real estate development business, the Army Corps of Engineers determined that a permit was required to fix an outlet on an old, likely man made farm pond in the middle of a planted field. This triggered a review by the state historic board, who demanded that we conduct a thorough archeological investigation on the entire site (well over a hundred acres) to determine if there were any artifacts of Pre-Contact native americans. This in turn required chisel plowing and shovel testing which only turned up a couple of artifacts (arrowheads) in an area we were leaving as untouched open space. Now the state board wants a “visual impact assessment.” The Corps won’t release a permit until the state commission is satisfied. Tens of thousands of dollars. Delay. I am hoping that the end of this “it’s all jurisdictional waters, man” policy will mean real change in this particular niche of the over reaching bureaucracy/Admin State. And trust me, there is still plenty of regulation, for example, the stormwater management rules get more onerous every year and more bureaucratized with ever more byzantine regulations - you can wait months for a permit.
The only safe and effective means of reining in the 4th branch would require continuous lawfare and nullification by the states, repeal of federal statutes, disestablishment of departments & agencies. Meanwhile in Texas things keep getting weirder and weirder in Austin, drunkenness and dumpster fires !!!
Our faith is in God Almighty. As we, who are called by His Name, repent and turn to Him, pray and seek His Face, He will hear from heaven, forgive us, and heal our land. This is how Satan has no choice and no chance, no matter how it looks now.
To give this some real world context, in our real estate development business, the Army Corps of Engineers determined that a permit was required to fix an outlet on an old, likely man made farm pond in the middle of a planted field. This triggered a review by the state historic board, who demanded that we conduct a thorough archeological investigation on the entire site (well over a hundred acres) to determine if there were any artifacts of Pre-Contact native americans. This in turn required chisel plowing and shovel testing which only turned up a couple of artifacts (arrowheads) in an area we were leaving as untouched open space. Now the state board wants a “visual impact assessment.” The Corps won’t release a permit until the state commission is satisfied. Tens of thousands of dollars. Delay. I am hoping that the end of this “it’s all jurisdictional waters, man” policy will mean real change in this particular niche of the over reaching bureaucracy/Admin State. And trust me, there is still plenty of regulation, for example, the stormwater management rules get more onerous every year and more bureaucratized with ever more byzantine regulations - you can wait months for a permit.
I know of similar instances. The specification of "navigable", too, is devastating to environmentalist designs of total control everywhere.
The only safe and effective means of reining in the 4th branch would require continuous lawfare and nullification by the states, repeal of federal statutes, disestablishment of departments & agencies. Meanwhile in Texas things keep getting weirder and weirder in Austin, drunkenness and dumpster fires !!!
This "win' will have significant impact across the non-elected bureaurocratic agencies in DC. This is best news today. AND 9-0.
Our faith is in God Almighty. As we, who are called by His Name, repent and turn to Him, pray and seek His Face, He will hear from heaven, forgive us, and heal our land. This is how Satan has no choice and no chance, no matter how it looks now.