A name for a mindless bureaucracy that seeks its own end and acquires power to do so
Fixing the Worst Law in Technology – Anatomy of CFAA On the opening day of this year’s South by Southwest festival, in Austin, an audience gathered in a giant conference hall to remember the life and tragic suicide of Aaron Swartz. Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, spoke of Swartz’s curious and […]
Government by unelected experts (aka the Administrative State) isn’t all that different from the ‘royal prerogative’ of 17th-century England, argues constitutional scholar Philip Hamburger. By John Tierney June 9, 2017 3:44 p.m. ET What’s the greatest threat to liberty in America? Liberals rail at Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration and his hostility toward the […]
Fifteen Republican Attorneys General just wrote to House and Senate leadership, concerned about agencies “failing to fully consider the effect of their regulations on States and state law.” The July 11 letter never received the media attention gotten by a different set of AGs seeking to terminate the speech and research of those who differ on climate change […]
Since President Obama took office, his regulators have added $35 billion in unfunded regulatory burdens and at least 75 million paperwork burden hours on state and local governments. Regulation of industries or businesses tends to receive a majority of the coverage, but the mandates placed on cash-strapped states and local governments can result in far […]
