Bureaucracy and Democracy: Are 'We the People' in Charge Any More?

We all learned in school about “how a bill becomes a law.” But most of the laws that govern our lives aren’t actually written by elected representatives at all. Instead, they’re written by unelected officials in bureaucratic agencies. Is this a threat to democracy? Or is it the best way to ensure that government policies are based on scientific knowledge and expertise? In this presentation, Timothy Sandefur will discuss the benefits and dangers of regulatory agencies, and two Supreme Court cases the justices will consider this term, Loper Bright and Jarkesy, that might transform how Americans are governed.