Source: NYTimes 'The FreedomWorks Foundation, which was founded in 1984 and declares itself to be "leading the fight for lower taxes, less government and more freedom," says it plans to file a lawsuit against the (bailout) program.
The group's chairman is Dick Armey, the former Republican House majority leader. A memorandum the group distributed to Congress on Thursday laid out its argument that "when Congress delegates so much authority to the executive branch with so few rules to guide its discretion, Congress unconstitutionally transfers its lawmaking power to the executive." The bailout's sheer size, the memorandum states, takes it beyond the realm of other Congressional delegations of authority that have been found constitutional. "As far as we can tell, Congress has never delegated so much power to an executive agency with so little to constrain the agency's discretion," the memorandum concluded, calling the result "a classic violation of the nondelegation principle."' >>> Some Ask if Bailout Is Unconstitutional John Schwartz | January 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/us/politics/16challenge.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
