phillip parker
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court makes one of its worst rulings in history and repeals the 1984 Chevron precedent — opening the flood gates for corporations to trash the environment, public health, and the workplace.
And it gets so much worse...
The ruling undos a rule that required American courts to give deference to federal agencies when creating regulations based on laws that could be interpreted as ambiguous.
"In one fell swoop, the majority today gives itself exclusive power over every open issue — no matter how expertise-driven or policy-laden — involving the meaning of regulatory law. As if it did not have enough on its plate, the majority turns itself into the country’s administrative czar," wrote liberal justice Elena Kagan, who voted against repealing the rule.
"In every sphere of current or future federal regulation, expect courts from now on to play a commanding role," wrote Kagan. "It is not a role Congress has given them. … It is a role this court has now claimed for itself, as well as other judges."
She added that the conservative majority on the court "disdains restraint, and grasps for power."
Astonishingly, the precedent the Republican justices overturned is one of the most cited in American law. It underpins 70 Supreme Court decisions and around 17,000 rulings from the lower courts.
The Food and Drug Administration expects a slew of new lawsuit due to the court's decision ranging from challenges to their powers over tainted food to deciding whether or not certain drugs are safe. The tobacco industry is also expected to pounce.
"This is disastrous for public health. This is disastrous for the critical role of science-based regulatory agencies," said a former F.D.A. associate commissioner and tobacco division director Mitch Zeller. "Chevron has worked well for half a century and makes a lot of sense."
Once again, the conservative judges have sided with corporate profits over the well-being over the American people. They don't care what these companies do to us as long as the shareholders (and MAGA donors) are pleased.
By undoing such a bedrock precedent the court is once again making it clear that they don't care about the law. The conservatives on the court are right-wing activists working to enact the Republican Party's plutocratic agenda. They must be stopped.
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