William L Kovacs

William L. Kovacs invites readers to reimagine the workings of government, presenting bold policy solutions to rein in a federal system weighed down by a massive national debt, laws initiated by Executive Orders and emergency declarations, perpetual undeclared wars and a Congress that has abandoned its critical responsibility to check the power of the president and courts.

Drawing on four decades at the heart of policy-making, Kovacs has shaped national debates as Senior Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Chief Counsel on Capitol Hill, Chairman of a state environmental board and a partner in DC law firms. His expertise is underscored by forty Congressional testimonies and involvement in hundreds of federal rulemakings.

His trilogy on government reform includes:

Reform the Kakistocracy offers a compelling roadmap to reverse the federal government’s power grab. It reveals how the federal government’s unchecked expansion of power happened without constitutional amendments and delivers practical steps to restore balance. This book earned the 2021 Independent Press Award for Social/Political Change.

Devolution of Power: Rolling Back the Federal State to Preserve the Republic lays out a bold plan to restructure federal authority by returning key domestic powers to the states.

Congress: An Irrelevant Institution or Guardian of the Republic exposes the dangers of Congress’s fading influence. Kovacs warns that as congressional authority wanes, the separation of powers erodes and executive overreach grows, urging lawmakers to reclaim their constitutional role before all power rests in one office, the presidency.