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by anigbrowl 726 days ago
Those both fall under the executive branch.

They do, but courts judge your case.

That gives the illusion of a democratic process, but in reality, agency rulemakers are not accountable to the people

I didn't claim it it to be a democratic process, I said it was not an arbitrary or isolated one. The democratic element is in the selection of an executive every 4 years. the rulemaking procedures under the Administrative Procedures Act won't be formally changed by this, but I suspect it'll be lengthenedand more heavily litigated, resulting in less regulatory clarity and slower enforcement.

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> The democratic element is in the selection of an executive every 4 years.

That did nothing to help the fishery in this case. The burdens placed upon them came from a lower level bureaucrat, a decision that likely never crossed Trump's desk. That's just one regulation among thousands per year for which there is no accountability.