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by otterley 1492 days ago
You're kind of mixing up two different things that can be separately analyzed and performed. One is the writing of regulations, which Congress can (and probably should) delegate to administrative bodies. But the interpretation and enforcement of those regulations can, and often does, get put in front of courts. Administrative law judges specialize in hearing cases involving these regulations.

The question in this case is whether juries are also needed in order to survive Constitutional scrutiny, and this opinion concludes it does. So we don't necessarily have to throw out the baby with the bathwater: administrative agencies can coexist with the need for protections for criminal and civil defendants who are subject to the rules they promulgate.