U.S. Supreme Court
Feb. 14, 2017
Justice Alito laments shift from elected to appointed regulators
"The Supreme Court has either acquiesced in this shift in lawmaking power or has actually facilitated it," Justice Samuel Alito said.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
NEWPORT BEACH — An ongoing shift in lawmaking from elected representatives to appointed bureaucrats has led to a "big crack in our Constitution structure," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., told a weekend gathering sponsored by a conservative think tank.
"Over the years, Congress has shed more and more lawmaking authority. The executive has been ...
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