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Bright v. Raimondo is the most consequential decision of this term for the Supremes. In Churchill's words it's not the beginning of the end (of the Administrative State, which is the foundation of the Deep State) but it is the end of the beginning (of the process which allowed the AS to metastasize in the "body politic"). Now we can begin the "therapies" to shrink the malignant tumor - citizen education and resistance and court action to compel adherence to the Constitution and Bill of Rights. There is no greater proof to date of the long-term beneficial consequences of Trump's first Presidential term than this decision from the Court.

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The biggest problem I have with this is that it didn’t go far enough. In my opinion, SCOTUS should have categorically invalidated all federal “rules” that are not backed by a federal law. Emissions “rules” from the EPA… firearm “rules” from the ATF… COVID “rules” from the CDC… etc., all gone! But SCOTUS merely kicked it back to lower court judges, so each “rule” has to be individually challenged. Liberal judges will side with the “rule,” because they think government knows best, then it will overturned on appeal. After many months and thousands of dollars, ONE rule will bite the dust, and the lawyers will get rich. Then it’s on to the next rule.

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Of all the rulings considered this year, this was the most important. I was very, very happy about the ruling. Now, I just need billions of dollars to challenge so many rules.

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can you please stop it with the never ending political opinion pieces and get back to economics and finance. There is a very strong bias towards conservative politics and unless you want to become quoththerepublican, lets focus on what is common.

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Did a 5 year old write this? The quality of the posts on this Substack swing so wildly I never know what to expect.

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I’m happy the “deference” to the bureaucrats is gone, but on a practical level, aren’t we still in a similar spot. Agencies of all kinds passed edicts during Covid ( CDC putting a moratorium on tenant evictions was particularly special) that you knew they had no business doing, but until it wound its way through court 2 1/2 years later, it was the law of the land. I’m not sure how this ruling changes that.

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The Chevron ruling is a step in the right direction.

In the 2020 "we have no evidence of voter fraud that would have altered the outcome" election, judges took it upon themselves to throw legislatively enacted election laws out the window and make up new rules in accordance with their own political leanings. They got away with it.

When we have a people who won't tolerate this sh*t, we will have government that can't get away with this sh*t.

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Finally a win.

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