President Joe Biden’s administrative state in recent weeks unleashed a barrage of economic red tape before a deadline that renders them difficult to undo by a potential Trump administration.
The scheme could possibly hamstring a potential Trump administration from revitalizing the economy.
The term “administrative state” specifically describes the phenomenon of unaccountable and unelected administrative agencies, including the national security apparatus, exercising power to create and enforce their own rules. The administrative state uses its rule-making ability to essentially usurp the separation of powers between the three branches of government by creating a so-called fourth branch of government not formed by the Constitution.
The administrative state implemented 66 significant rules in April alone, a number that is greater than any month since the Reagan…