January 04, 2004

It's always bizarre to find folks like those at the Washington Post paying attention to something like this:

It is a matter of grade-school civics that in American democracy laws are made by the legislative branch. Article I of the Constitution, after all, begins with the arresting statement that "All legislative powers . . . shall be vested in a Congress of the United States." Yet ever since it passed the USA Patriot Act after the events of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress has stood by in an alarming silence while a fabric of new law governing the balance between liberty and security has been woven by the other two branches of government.

Well, folks, this is simply the modern post-Constitutonal executive branch dominated regulatory state which the Post has FAVORED for several generations now. For the editors of the Post to change their minds at this point is rich stuff. These people have been deeply hostile to a "grade school" understanding of the Constitution for going on 30 or 40 years, so why get exited and attempt to throw the train in reverse now?

Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack