Complete destruction of our regulatory institutions is not an answer to over-reach
Complete revocation of illegally initiated regulations IS an answer to overreach.
Dissolving the Chevron Deference doctrine actually changes only one thing back to the way it used to be & should be... the PATH to putting in a new regulation.
Before, if an Executive branch agency wanted a new rule, they drafted it up, published it for a requisite time in the Federal Register, and then put it into place. Congress and the courts had limited control because Congress got bypassed and the courts were essentially ORDERED to give deference to the ageny's action.
Now, if an executive branch agency tries to enforce a rule and the courts say "No" then the agency drafts a change to the extant legislation to clarify the rule and finds someone in Congress to sponsor a bill to implement that rule. (You KNOW they will find someone.) Then Congress looks at it, says "it makes sense" or "it doesn't make sense" or "let's tweak at bit" after which Congress acts to drop, table, or pass the legislation. And then, if they grant the change, the President signs it into law and the constitutional method did what IT was supposed to do and the Executive branch got what they wanted.
Granted, this slows down the speed of government operation. The government won't get so much done. But ... You have to understand the Jeffersonian view of government. "The government that governs least governs best." So maybe this slow-down of government operation is the hand of Thomas Jefferson on the throttle to prevent a government gone wild with laws and regulations.
And sorry, Thales750, but that ISN'T facism. If you take the Wikipedia definition,
1. dictatorial leader - neither Trump nor Biden closely meet this criterion.
2. centralized autocracy - Biden's executive orders to cancel student debt even though the act authorizing the debts was passed by Congress, qualifies as an autocratic action. The regulation-crazy Executive branch is yet another example of autocracy.
3. militarism - neither Trump nor Biden has displayed excessive militarism, but weaponizing the FBI (as done by Democrats) is close.
4. forcible suppression of opposition - look at how the FBI was weaponized by the democrats. Look at the "lawfare" waged against Trump and his followers. That is the Democrat's doing.
5. belief in a natural social hierarchy - Democrats push for DEI as their form of hierarchy.
6. subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race - Democratic actions to restructure wealth
7. strong regimentation of society and the economy - again, DEI is an example, and it is democratic. Trump stood back during the COVID crisis but it was the Democrats who pushed the society and the economy in specific directions.
So if there IS any facism, it isn't with Republicans. It is the Democrats who had power and see it eroding, so they desperately cling to it, clawing and scratching their way knowing that Biden's brightest days are long-gone, but they MIGHT be able to keep him in power and control him from behind the scenes.
