“. And Congress could fix this overnight if it wished. This disaster is simply a dodge of Congress.”
Congress endowed unelected bureaucrats with the power to write law. It’s completely illegal. Congress can no more give its law-making power to unaccountable bureaucrats than obuma can give his war-making power to Bill Ayers. Congress may at anytime take away this power but refuses to do so.
Unelected bureaucrats writing law is one of the primary traits of a dictatorship. About time people realize that.
“Illegal” with the USSC’s blessing. They decided quite a few decades ago that as long as Congress’ intent in establishing the bureau can be discerned to the point that a regulation created by the bureau can be tested against that intent, such bureaus and such regulations are OK.
(So yes, Congress could undermine this action of the EPA, if it had the will.)