Athanasius said:

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BMX Bandit said:

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hes very pro-injun.

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Please edit that word. Not cool.

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Doesn't offend me. He can carry on with this Indian's blessing.

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BMX Bandit said:

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hes very pro-injun.

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Please edit that word. Not cool.

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Take a chill pill, chief.

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Athanasius said:

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BMX Bandit said:

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hes very pro-injun.

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Please edit that word. Not cool.

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Take a chill pill, chief.

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He needs to be a little more Brave and lean in to his discomfort.

If I was a deciding Supreme Court justice, and we were about to deliver some monumental freedom restoring rulings (as could happen with WV vs EPA), and I had the ability to do that close to the 4th of July, I would absolutely wait and do that, as a statement.

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The court's ruling determined Torres' right to sue DPS to regain his job and seek damages as a result of being denied reinstatement. Link

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[url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-texas-veteran-and-burn-pit-victim-suing-state/ar-AAZ0m3p?ocid=uxbndlbing][/url]It was like when NBC news had a story about a young man who returned from Iraq.
He said he was a disabled veteran and no one would hire him.
No one except the Boston Fire Department.
WTH?
How can you be disabled and a fireman?
Oh well.....just taxpayer's money.

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If I was a deciding Supreme Court justice, and we were about to deliver some monumental freedom restoring rulings (as could happen with WV vs EPA), and I had the ability to do that close to the 4th of July, I would absolutely wait and do that, as a statement.

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No kidding.
It might be comic relief since I would wager most of America has no real clue this case is out there.
It might come down and the majority liberal reaction is:

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How can you be disabled and a fireman?

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One word: Union

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How can you be disabled and a fireman?

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One word: Union

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Thinking about it: If you and I were firemen in that union. Why would we hire this guy?
He might leave us to die because of his disability in a fire.

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How can you be disabled and a fireman?

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One word: Union

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My cousin damaged his back as a firefighter, so they moved him to safety and inspection. Seemed reasonable to me.

Anyone reading the tea leaves on EPA vs WV? Hoping the conservative justices rule for WV.

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Gorsuch is not happy with this one.

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I actually agree with Gorsuch and the libs on this one.

The treaties are still in effect.

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aggiehawg said:

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IN.

How far will the majority go in smacking down the EPA?

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Is that expected based on questions during oral arguments?

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Didn't listen to the arguments themselves. But Gorsuch, Thomas and Alito are on record as not being fans of a bloated administrative state on separation of powers principles. Even Roberts has signaled that Chevron needs to be "tamed." Kav seems amenable and no idea where ACB is at.

Kagan is scared to death about the non-delegation doctrine prevailing as she believes the entire federal government would then be unconstitutional. I think that's a bit overblown, however.

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To be fair, about 90% of it is

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Brief summaries of cases remaining HERE

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I'm interested in WVA vs EPA, but I don't quite understand how a ruling on this case would then expand to other administrative agencies. Can one ruling really take away the power of making legislation across a myriad of admin bodies?

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It can. But will it?

For a long time as long as agencies acted within the parameters of their stated responsibilities within the enabling act that created them AND then followed the Administrative Procedures Act in promulgating rules and regulations, those acts were considered constitutional.

But as with all bureaucracies, mission creep sets in and the envelopes get pushed farther and farther. How far becomes too far?

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About 30 seconds after they were created is when that happens.

In reality, too far is when these agencies get to make law, change their minds or establish rulings and standards that cannot be legislatively undone. All of these have the force of law, but we have no recourse as citizens against said agencies nor the bureaucrats that get to wave a pen and we have to follow orders.

Example - OSHA has the authority to make law and levy fines, but we have absolutely zero ability outside of lobbying politicians to impact any internal workings of OSHA. The ATF can make a ruling, then change their mind later and arbitrarily put companies out of business and make people felons overnight. Again, we have absolutely zero real world capabilities to influence or push back against them. That is creating law outside the bounds of the legal process, and is way too far.