Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is one of 16 Republican attorneys general urging the President and Congress to pass a law saying no federal agency regulations are enforceable in federal courts.
They sent a letter to President Trump recently and released it this week saying they have been involved in litigation against federal agencies based on rules, regulations and other administrative actions which they contend “lack a legal basis.”
The attorneys general complain that under both Republican and Democratic presidents, “the rules, interpretations, circulars, bulletins, guidance documents, even blog posts of federal agencies have been treated as law.”
In their letter they say as a result businesses small and large live in a state of uncertainty never knowing when the next rule will change their legal and financial obligations.
“Federal regulatory overreach, however is larger than any of our lawsuits. We write you today to take action to restore the constitutional balance the people established. We ask that you bring the current regulatory process under the rule of law,” wrote Hunter and the others. “We recommend that you call on Congress to pass legislation clarifying that regulatory agencies have no power to enforce their will in federal court unless the enforcement action is based on a federal law.”
