Democratic Performative Politics
In his column in the WSJ, James Freeman introduces readers to Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University law professor, who reports on the latest fashion in performative politics.
Rules Don’t Apply to Them
Democratic members claim that they can demand access to any federal facilities without approval or even notice to a given agency. Remember Rep. LaMonica McIver, who stormed an ICE facility and allegedly assaulted an officer? Mclver and other Democrats are claiming that they have the right of entry without the pre-approval of the agency.
After attempting another entry at an ICE facility in Baltimore, Democratic members are suing over their denial… Taking their lead from in McIver, these Democrats insist they can just show up at any federal office or facility and demand access as a matter of oversight authority, reports Mr. Freeman.
If that were the case, discredits Professor Turley, members could barge into any executive office, from the White House to the weather service, without warning or approval.
No court has ever recognized such authority since it would eviscerate the inherent powers of the Executive Branch in our tripartite constitutional system.
Principled Federal Neglect
Mr. Crews lists some bureaucracy-limiting orders within the text of Trump regulations:
• numerous recissions
• removals from inclusion as a regulatory priority…
• delays and postponements of effective date
• narrowing of reporting requirements
• enforcement relaxations
Taming the Administrative State
It is not surprising to hear that Donald Trump retains many interventionist, anti-market, and outright swampy tendencies — on issues ranging from antitrust to AI to price regulation and tariffs, clarifies Professor Crews.
(Trump’s) economic management tends toward the transactional rather than a principled federal neglect, meaning the welcome mid-year rule drought cannot yet be presented as pure deregulation.
While conventional voices wail about chaos and disarray in the White House, it’s becoming clear that much regulation was never needed, was constitutionally suspect, and amounted to bureaucratic overreach. The so-called “chaos” is merely the old administrative state being tamed.
James Freeman reports on “Principled federal neglect” being a beautiful phrase. Let’s hope, Mr. Feeman adds, “we get to enjoy a lot more of it.”
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