Delegation of Legislative Authority by Congress
Date Submitted: 10/08/2004 11:47:07
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 12 pages (3254 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 12 pages (3254 words)
Delegation of Legislative Authority by Congress
Cases
In the case of Field v. Clark, 143 U.S. 649, petitioner, Marshall Field & Co., et al., was subjected to taxes on imported merchandise under the tariff act approved October 1, 1890 (26 Stat. 567, c. 1244). Field & Co. claimed this was unconstitutional, and filed suit against the collector of the port of Chicago (J. M. Clark) to recover duties. The Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois …
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…of the Constitution by granting specified authority to the Administrator of the EPA. The purpose of the EPA, as justified by the Clean Air Act, was to provide protectionist policies for the environment and the well-being of people of the United States. The Administrator was not permitted to take into account cost effectiveness of such policies. However, the Court did find that the actions of the EPA were broad of an interpretation, and therefore, unlawful.
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