| Over the past decade it appears that | | | | hen house.' |
| administrative law, which is the body of law | | | | Under The New Deal legislative plan, President |
| governing the activities of administrative agencies | | | | Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Democratic |
| of government, has been minimized, allowing a | | | | Congress enacted several statutes that created |
| number of governmental agencies to run | | | | new federal agencies to assist the United States |
| ineffectually. Ultimately this has resulted in | | | | from the economic dearth of the Great |
| numerous economic and environmental calamities | | | | Depression. During this time, the opponents to |
| within the United States, i.e.; British Petroleum, | | | | The New Deal were concerned with the nation |
| Enron, Wall Street, and the auto industry. The | | | | allowing extensive government, placing the United |
| majority of governmental agencies within the | | | | States into a position of a possible dictatorship. By |
| United States are underneath the executive | | | | 1946, after ten years of detailed study of |
| branch, with few being a part of the judicial and | | | | administrative regulation, the Administrative |
| legislative branches. | | | | Procedure Act (APA) became law. |
| When this body of law, which is considered also a | | | | To provide constitutional safeguards, the APA |
| branch of public law, is not regulated closely, it can | | | | develops an outline to regulating agencies and their |
| upset the balance in areas such as police law, | | | | roles. The basic purposes of the APA are: |
| international trade, manufacturing, environmental, | | | | (1) to require agencies to keep the public informed |
| taxation, broadcasting, immigration, and | | | | of their organization, procedures and rules; |
| transportation. One of the main responsibilities of | | | | (2) to provide for public participation in the |
| administrative law is the enforcement of specific | | | | rulemaking process; |
| regulatory agenda. When rulemaking and | | | | (3) to establish uniform standards for the conduct |
| adjudication are not followed as previously set, it | | | | of formal rulemaking and adjudication; |
| is similar to allowing the 'fox to watch over the | | | | (4) to define the scope of judicial review. |