Neil Gorsuch has a grudge against federal agencies. He holds their fate in his hands (Barf))

cnn ^ | 1/17/2024 | Joan Biskupic

[Midwesterner53]

This conservative court has not seemed too conservative in my opinion since the abortion ruling. Are they scared now to rule against the deep state?

[monkeyshine]

They always write these types of articles as if Gorsuch wants to destroy the earth and give elderly people Covid etc. That’s not what it is about. It is about following the Constitution. These agencies have run amok.

The actually ruling at stake here is whether the lower courts must always defer to the agencies whenever there is a reasonable dispute over interpretations. The Chevron case basically gave all discretion to the agencies. Now, 40 years later, we know the agencies are not necessarily any more “expert” than those they govern; and can become vindictive, overbearing, and even weaponized. They tend to show deference to big companies while crushing the small companies and make new startups more expensive. They have become the enforcers of corporatist interests. It has to be wound back.

What will happen if Chevron is overturned is that federal agencies will find themselves in court a lot more often whenever their interpretations are challengeable.

[StAnDeliver]

Chevron was bad, Joan Biskupic is a biographer of three current justices (including Roberts); she can kiss goodbye her access to Gorsuch and probably the entire conservative majority -- minus the Quisling -- after this shitty hit piece.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

“The punishment is the process.” Punishment of Trump because they hate him, punishment of us because either they hate us, and/or “it’s for our own good.” There have been some businesses that really did pollute the air or water (Love Canal and Houston Ship Channel) but CO2?

[nicollo]

Gorsuch filled the spot Obambi wanted for Garland.

‘Nuff said.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

That’s another grudge. They say that lawfare against Trump is not revenge, but looks like it to me.

[lastchance]

“In recent years, Justice Gorsuch has voted against regulations that protect the environment, student-debt forgiveness and Covid-19 precautions. During a Covid-19 spike in early 2022, Gorsuch was the lone justice who declined to wear a mask while sitting on the bench.”

I smell a biaskunk. What Justice Gorsuch did was not to vote against regulations but for limiting the authority given to federal agencies in favor of returning it to the legislature where it belonged.