[IoCaster]

Interesting ruling here. May help curb some of the regulatory excesses of an out of control federal government bureaucracy. At least I hope that's what it means.

[Recovering_Democrat]

BUMP FOR LOCAL CONTROL!

[varina davis]

The decision added to a string of rulings in recent years by the court's conservative majority that has expanded state immunity while cutting back on the federal government's power.

Let's hear it for the majority!

[Fish out of Water]

*Index Bump

[nevergiveup]

"The court's decision threatens to deny the ...government the structural flexibility ... which modern government demands", Breyer said.

Hmmm, I guess Breyer means the US Constitution is obsolete.

Great decision. Chalk one more up for the good guys.

Keep it up Scalia and Thomas. Drip, drip, drip.

[inquest]

The ruling seems to move in the right direction, but it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense. It basically says that the federal government doesn't have the power to enforce its own laws. Of course, it looks like the law in question has no constitutional basis to begin with, but what about laws that do have a constitutional basis? Are they allowed to enforce them? It really just looks like another case of judges ruling according to their personal preferences about government, rather than to any solid principles.