The REINS Act, short for the “Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act,” would require Congress to approve “major rules,” which proponents say will help restore the constitutional balance of powers and save the economy billions by reining in the rulemaking discretion of executive agencies. The law is intended to “rein in unelected bureaucrats” and “protects individual rights, and brings accountability back to the rulemaking process by reasserting congressional authority,” Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who has introduced the legislation in the Senate, said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation. If Congress succeeds in passing the REINS Act, it would be following in the steps of the Supreme Court, which dealt a blow to the administrative state in 2024 by overturning a legal theory known as the Chevron deference.
Author: Melissa O'Rourke
Published at: 2025-05-20 22:03:15
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