Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Treasury Secretary as Absolute Monarch? via The Washington Note on 9/22/08 A loyal TWN reader highlighted this part of the Bush administration's bail-out proposal to Congress: Sec. 8. Review. Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.
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