The Supreme Court overturned a landmark 40-year-old decision that gave federal agencies broad regulatory power.

The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a landmark 40-year-old decision that gave federal agencies broad regulatory power, upending their authority to issue regulations unless Congress has spoken clearly.

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Am I crazy for thinking that this is actually worse than the court banning abortion?

    At least with abortion bans, people could see the direct impact and that could motivate voter turnout. This will be a decision that many voters won’t easily recognize as the cause of the corruption and injustice they will be feeling. A lot of people are going to get hurt, and they’re not going to know the real reason behind it.

    The GOP finally got what they’ve been trying to get since the 80s. Get ready for The Jungle 2.0.

    • FireTower@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      The GOP finally got what they’ve been trying to get since the 80s. Get ready for The Jungle 2.0.

      The GOP wanted Chevron in the 80s. It was a way of tweaking laws passed already without legislative resistance.

      In 1981, after Ronald Reagan became President, the EPA changed its interpretation of the word “source” in the law to mean only an entire plant or factory, not an individual building or machine.

      • lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        5 months ago

        I mean that’s still what they want, absolute control. It’s just that as soon as Chevron started working against them, they got rid of it.