The irony in all this is that Chevron deference was created by the Republican Supreme Court who - at the time - were concerned about lower-court liberal judges implementing their own reading of ambiguous statutes. So the conservatives on the court created the Chevron deference in order to constrain liberal judges and empower the executive branch agencies (at the time controlled by the Reagan administration). And of course who can forget Justice Scalia’s love of Chevron! https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3075&context=dlj&te=1&nl=the-morning&emc=edit_nn_20240118 The trashing of Chevron is just the elite clique of Republican/FedSoc lawyers moving the goal posts to advantage themselves once again. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. |
That’s not an issue. Checks and balances, elections, accountability, transparency. Things we had from the start. Time to return mindful the fight back won’t be easy and there will always be scoundrels and tyrants to deal with along the way. |
Stevens, Burger, Brennan, Blackmun, White, and Powell doesn’t quite sound like an army of Conservative jurists to me. |
3 justices appointed by Nixon + 1 appointed by Ford were not “conservative”? Weird take, bro. |
DP probably was not aware that before the current illegitimate SCOTUS, justices actually made decisions based on the law, not what their bribers tell them. |
I think it’s just a glaring example of how far “conservative” ideology has veered so far to the right relative to the 1970s and 80s. They think the Nixon appointed SC are apostates for the Chevron decision. The ahistorical ideological incoherence is amazing. |
Why? They're putting the unelected administrative bureaucratic state in check. I personally LOVE IT. The nonsense is out of hand. The EPA declaring carbon dioxide is a "pollutant"? Yeah, whatever. |
I know! Lead water is AWESOME! |
Where did they say that? |
That's what SCOTUS is gonna say when those pesky safe water regulations get to them. |
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