But you need to combine it with the fact that a whole bunch of agencies e.g. FCC, SEC are now no longer considered independent from the Executive Branch.
It’s the combination of actions that makes this so concerning.
One thing I'm interested in that they didn't cover in school, if there's 3 branches of government, then what branch were the independent agencies a part of before being moved into the executive?
Yes, the expanse of power is concerning. Historically, all three branches have substantially expanded their powers since inception. People in power always seem to take more of it.
Of course they were and are part of the Executive Branch. But the precedent for many decades was they were independent. Because not everything that happens in this world is governed by an explicit law.
And what is happening is unprecedented and right to be concerned about it.
However, we are several years into a trend of courts curtailing the ability of agencies to write laws themselves without explicit and detailed direction.
West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency is a good example of this. Congress didn't vote on the EPA regulating CO2.
It’s the combination of actions that makes this so concerning.