Rep. Hageman Targets Agency Overreach with Two New Judicial Reform Bills
Representative Hageman features statement from CEI Fred L. Smith Fellow Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. on two new reform bills.
“Rep. Hageman’s new legislative proposals would strengthen the Administrative Procedure Act, which remains one of the principal statutory checks on administrative power. Courts should independently assess both the facts and the law rather than defer to bureaucratic determinations, and agencies should not be permitted to shield regulatory decisions from meaningful judicial scrutiny merely by invoking scientific expertise. These improvements to the APA would help curb arbitrary government power and improve accountability at a time when agencies increasingly shape major economic and social policy outside the legislative process. By strengthening independent judicial review and ensuring agency claims are subject to meaningful scrutiny, Rep. Hageman’s proposals would reinforce constitutional checks and improve public accountability,” stated Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies, Competitive Enterprise Institute.