In the USA, Congress writes perhaps 50 new laws a year. Each year, unelected bureaucrats issue about 4,000 new rules a year. The administrative state is our master.

SCOTUS has just given us the means to roll back the administrative state. In three major rulings, SCOTUS has gutted the power of the administrative state:

1. Removal of Chevron doctrine means that Congress must write clear laws, and unelected bureaucrats must make rules that follow those laws. Made-up rules can be challenged in court and must be removed.
2. Fines by the administrative state require a jury trial in a court.
3. The statute of limitations on challenging a rule (six years) starts when you are impacted by the rule, not when the rule was first introduced.

Dealing with the IRS will require Congress to write new legislation, alas. But these three rulings mean that tens of thousands of administrative rules are now fair game for lawsuits. Let the lawsuits fly!