FDA Overreach on Genetically Engineered Animals

摘要

The oft-quoted quip "To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail" anticipated the practice of federal agencies expanding their mandate by shoehorning policy initiatives into regulatory regimes for which they were never intended. This practice seems to run contrary to Article I of the US Constitution, which vests all legislative power in the Congress, yet it can happen because Congress has delegated broad rule-making authority to executive branch agencies, which in turn interpret their rules to their own advantage.