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Eighty years ago, in June 1946, Congress passed the Administrative Procedure Act. It was hailed by one of its principal drafters, Sen. Patrick McCarran, D-Nev., as "a bill of rights for the hundreds of thousands of Americans whose affairs are controlled or regulated" by federal agencies. In the intervening years, the APA has too often failed to ...

After decades of Congress delegating its responsibility to pass laws to unelected bureaucrats, legislators in the current session are flexing their oversight powers. To date, 22 rules coming from the executive branch have been directly struck down by the legislative branch. An impressive number, to be sure, but that should just be the opening salvo ...