Indeed, if the recent decisions by the supreme court have taught me anything, it's that Congress has been incredibly ineffective at passing legislation over the past 40 years.
One reason for this is because the Supreme Court has deferred to allowing a great deal of legislating in the Executive. Congress passes "blank check" laws that require unelected career bureaucrats to make law ("regulation") with minimal oversight.
If the Supreme Court slowly disallows this, then Congress will eventually be forced to vote on controversial issues again.
I don't think there's anything in the constitution that prevents Congress from delegating their power. I don't think the authors anticipated that elected officials would want to give away their power.
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