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I noticed, however, you linked to Gene Healy's column about why even Read the Bills might not work. Sure, everything produces unintended consequences. Healy, while clever, admits not reading the bill. Those who are familiar with DownsizeDC.org can tell you that even we don't claim that this bill will solve all problems. It's one piece of a large and complex puzzle.

Which brings me to the the real problem with Mr. Healy's column -- it's out of date. DownsizeDC.org introduced a bill dealing with delegation -- addressing Mr. Healy's specific concern. It's called the Write the Laws Act.

Healy's right, as far as it goes, but we would suggest that his complaint doesn't go far enough. Not only is the doctrine moribund in government operations, but even most Constitution-oriented folks don't understand the problem of unconstitutional delegation and how large it looms.

Of the few who get it, I've yet to come across any real solutions. We'd like to think that we've found a way to make this issue not only educational, but also interesting with a real solution that could actually work.

My weblog system requires that you logon to post a comment - this significantly reduces comment spam. But to make logon as non-intrusive and painless as possible I provide a preconfigured guest account for people to use. However, I ask that they sign their name to posts when using the Guest Account. Some do. Some don't.