hoyajinx
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Post by hoyajinx on Jun 28, 2024 12:42:43 GMT -5
Kagan is right: the hubris of this compromised court is unparalleled in its history. That now makes Republican power grabs in all three branches of government. This nation is absolutely doomed. 250 years was a pretty good run for American democracy. This mix of a white Christian nationalist fascism and corporatocracy hasn’t been fully tried yet. It’s the new American Experiment.
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 28, 2024 19:11:12 GMT -5
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Post by bicentennial on Jun 28, 2024 20:11:19 GMT -5
Were at 15 last friday, down by 9 opinions issued this week although when I looked for cases still to be decided I only see 4. With Chevron gone, looks like a glorious time for businesses to argue against any administrative decision that wasn't word for word supported by the legislation that was inacted. I wonder how the federal docket is not going to baloon to decades of wait in the next year as the number of decisions that the judiciary will need to take up threatens to be an avalanche.
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 28, 2024 22:36:38 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 28, 2024 23:00:51 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 28, 2024 23:16:39 GMT -5
As I said upthread, bought and sold.
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 28, 2024 23:18:17 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 28, 2024 23:22:25 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 29, 2024 0:20:43 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 29, 2024 0:23:05 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 29, 2024 0:26:46 GMT -5
This is not hyperbole.
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 29, 2024 1:06:27 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 29, 2024 11:37:58 GMT -5
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hoyajinx
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Post by hoyajinx on Jun 29, 2024 13:10:14 GMT -5
There are no good options left with a fully corrupt Supreme Court that refuses any accountability or judicial restraint. The next time Democrats have full power, if the insurrection loving Supreme Court will ever allow that again, they should absolutely add members to the court. I see no other way to rein in a group of unethical conservative activists.
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 30, 2024 7:39:16 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Jun 30, 2024 7:50:10 GMT -5
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CTHoya08
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Post by CTHoya08 on Jun 30, 2024 8:04:09 GMT -5
From this lawyer’s perspective, overturning Chevron is a much, much bigger deal than overturning Roe.
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 30, 2024 13:59:51 GMT -5
From this lawyer’s perspective, overturning Chevron is a much, much bigger deal than overturning Roe. The end is near. Even though one of the prime advocates of destroying the so-called "administrative state"is reporting to federal prison tomorrow, the radical nihilists MAGA GOPers are close to reaching their goal of destroying America. Corporate lobbyists eye new lawsuits after Supreme Court limits federal power Mere hours after the Supreme Court sharply curbed the power of federal agencies, conservatives and corporate lobbyists began plotting how to harness the favorable ruling in a redoubled quest to whittle down climate, finance, health, labor and technology regulations in Washington. The early strategizing underscored the magnitude of the justices’ landmark decision, which rattled the nation’s capital and now appears poised to touch off years of lawsuits that could redefine the U.S. government’s role in modern American life. The legal bombshell arrived Friday, when the six conservatives on the Supreme Court invalidated a decades-old legal precedent that federal judges should defer to regulatory agencies in cases where the law is ambiguous or Congress fails to specify its intentions. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. described the framework as “unworkable,” at one point arguing in his opinion that it “prevents judges from judging.” Many conservatives and businesses long had chafed over the legal doctrine, known as Chevron deference after a case involving the oil giant in the 1980s. They had encouraged the Supreme Court over the past year to dismantle the precedent in a flood of legal filings, then rejoiced when the nation’s highest judicial panel sided with them this week — paving the way for industry to commence a renewed assault against the power and reach of the executive branch. www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/30/chevron-supreme-court-corporate-lobbying/
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 1, 2024 9:42:06 GMT -5
The Roberts Court will go down as one of the most chaotic and radical SCOTUS in American history. Corrupt. "With fear for our democracy, I dissent." -- Justice Sotomayor Can Biden as CIC now order SEAL Team Six to kill Trump because he considers Trump to be a threat to democracy? It's a presumptive official act, isn't it? And no Court may look behind the motive? The ability to actually get the J6 case to trial in another YEAR is doubtful assuming Demented Donnie loses. SCOTUS has built in enough opportunities for interlocutory appeals from district court decisions that the delay can go on and on and on ...see e.g., Loose Cannon's slow walking of the Espionage Act case. Supreme Court says presidents have ‘absolute’ immunity for clearly official acts but no immunity for unofficial acts www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/01/trump-presidential-immunity-supreme-court/
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Post by DanMcQ on Jul 1, 2024 10:19:17 GMT -5
Predictably corrupt ruling.
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