[thereddaikon]

The FTC is going to be limited in what it can do unless Congress passes legislation specifically allowing it to regulate this. Due to a recent SCOTUS decision, federal regulators are allowed much less leeway in how they can interpret their powers as granted by congress.

This is in principle a good thing, appointed bureaucrats shouldn't be allowed to create law by fiat. However it means Congress actually has to do their damn job and stop delegating their powers through lazy and broad legislation. Good luck with that.

[thfuran]

I don't think it is a good thing in principle. Much of the point of creating agencies like the FTC is to prevent Congress from having to deal with the minutiae of every single thing that ought to be regulated.

[thereddaikon]

Of course its a good thing. We in theory have a balance of powers between the branches for well founded reasons. Give too much power to one branch and its easy for them to rule by themselves and create tyranny. Non elected officials shouldn't be able to create law. That power should remain exclusively with the legislature. Give it to people who are not accountable to the voters and they can and will start working against the will of the people. And it will happen quite easily.