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| A New Supreme Court Justice Might Help Defang Federal Agencies. |
| 2018-06-28 |
| h/t Instapundit You probably never heard of the "Chevron Deference," and frankly, neither did I until just today. And no, it has nothing to do with gasoline stations. But with Justice Anthony Kennedy retiring, a new Supreme Court Justice just might help to defang this decision ‐ a good move towards smaller government. The Chevron Deference, which came from a 1984 ruling, requires courts to defer to government agencies when it comes to interpretations of statutes, if the court finds a statute ambiguous. And even if a court finds that another interpretation is reasonable, it still must defer to that agency’s interpretation. That sounds a bit like allowing the fox to guard the henhouse, doesn’t it? ...Justice Gorsuch is no fan of the Chevron deference. As a federal appellate judge, Justice Gorsuch wrote that Chevron allowed the Feds. . . ". . .to swallow huge amounts of core judicial and legislative power...in a way that seems more than a little difficult to square with the Constitution." Of course that put big government advocates in a tizzy. Liberal Vox fretted that "Neil Gorsuch could rein in regulators like the EPA and the FCC." And that would be bad because? Oh, wait. Say goodbye to the Left’s dream of ’net neutrality,’ along with other big government ambitions. Now this summer President Trump will be nominating a new justice to the Supreme Court, and he intends to pick from the same list that gave us Justice Neil Gorsuch. Furthermore, some conservative pundits are predicting the nod will go to one of three women. And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says a vote on Kennedy’s successor will happen this fall: |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 I don't mind the fangs, it's the poison. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-06-28 11:44 |
| #2 Scott Pruitt Is Rolling Back One Of The EPA’s Most Expansive Powers. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-06-28 11:41 |
| #1 Cutting budgets is more effective. Just saying. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-06-28 10:44 |