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Supreme Court is sending us back to the previous century
it's what the "conservative" judges are getting paid for
The arguments were infuriating. They seemed to forget there are 2 parts to Chevron deference, the first being to see rather or not the agency’s interpretation is reasonable. They seem to think the government can force through some pained stretch of the law when they cannot.
This will literally lead to the opposite, with people arguing outright unreasonable interpretations while claiming ambiguity. And the Republicans-packed judiciary will go right along with it. This is purely about making sure any liberal policy goal can be blocked.
This case should be over with step 1. Is it reasonable that fishermen have to pay 20% of the haul for their monitors? No. Heck, I think, as the program is suspended anyway, the case is moot for the done being and should be dismissed for lack of standing.
The original case was about rather a stationery source of pollution under the Clean Air Act is a whole complex (as the Regan EPA chose to interpret), or individual sources within the complex (as the Carter EPA previously enforced). Both are frankly reasonable, but I’m sure we’ll get some Republican judges ruling that since the Earth revolves around the sun, there is no such thing as a stationary pollution source.
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Billionaires have paid BOTH Republicans and Democrats for this legal victory. It's another reason Obama didn't fight hard for his pick, and why the dems didn't stop Drunky McRape from getting a seat.
Theater was fine, but this is what all those campaign "donations" (read bribes) were for.
Didn’t fight hard for his pick? What did you expect him to do? Go in there and start punching people? The senate has to confirm his pick and republicans were/are notorious for blocking anything a democrat president tries to do.
- Spend EVERY day having a press announcement on it and bashing the GOP with the latgest bully pulpit on the planet
- Expand and pack the court
- Push a court case that it was their duty.
- Push a case that it threatened national security based on issues it was holding up.
- Move to just put someone in the seat regardless and let it get argued in the courts meanwhile the seat is filled.
- withhold all federal funds to any state who's senator was blocking it
- Any number of creative parliamentary maneuvers that let the GOP decide everything even when they're in the minority
- BREAK ALL NORMS, just like the GOP did in stealing th pick. But Dems roll over and play victim. It's all they EVER do, even when they control Hoise, Senate and POTUS at the same time.
There's a ton of other shit too, but you get the point. Obama was quiet most days and played victim, bc the billionaires who owned him and who he bailed out of the financial crisis told him to ge a good boy and he did.
Spend every day having a press announcement? What’s that going to do when they already decided they weren’t going to give it to him. He had other responsibilities too you know.
Expand ing the court won’t do anything if the senate won’t confirm your nominations.
A court case saying it’s their duty? That doesn’t make sense. The constitution doesn’t say they have to accept his pick. That’s the whole point of checks and balances, right?
Push a case that threatened national security? Are you high? That doesn’t sound like anything a responsible president would do.
Constitution says they have to be confirmed by the senate. He can’t just tell someone to go sit in the empty seat. That’s not how it works. Again, are you high?
While Obama might have been beholden to corporate interests, I think you’re just plain wrong on this one buddy.
this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2024
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