!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is the principle that the [United States Congress], being vested with "all legislative powers" by Article One, Section 1 of the [United States Constitution], cannot [delegate|Delegation] that power to anyone else. 

!! [United States Supreme Court] on [{$pagename}]
In J.W. Hampton v. United States, 276 U.S. 394 ([1928|Year 1928]), the [United States Supreme Court] clarified that when Congress does give an [agency|United States Federal Agency] the ability to regulate, [United States Congress] must give the agencies an "intelligible principle” on which to base their [regulations]. This standard is viewed as quite lenient, and has rarely, if ever, been used to strike down legislation.


In A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, 295 U.S. 495 ([1935|Year 1935]), the [United States Supreme Court] held that "[Congress|United States Congress] is not permitted to abdicate or to transfer to others the essential legislative functions with which it is thus vested."


!! More Information
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* [#1] - [Nondelegation_doctrine|Wikipedia:Nondelegation_doctrine|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2020-01-09 
* [#2] - [Nondelegation Doctrine|https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/nondelegation_doctrine|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2020-01-09