The Supreme Court is just a cog in the Trump/Republican/corporate/billionaire power grab.
Today's decision to gut regulators' power to enforce pro-consumer laws is a watershed moment in the history of this quiet coup.
1/ Let me tell you why.
Today's decision to gut regulators' power to enforce pro-consumer laws is a watershed moment in the history of this quiet coup.
1/ Let me tell you why.
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1806697278125539505
2/ For years, the Court deferred to federal agencies when interpreting a law with broad enforcement guidelines.
Congress knew this, and often intentionally wrote laws with non-prescriptive terminology, knowing the experts at the agency would implement it in the best way.
Congress knew this, and often intentionally wrote laws with non-prescriptive terminology, knowing the experts at the agency would implement it in the best way.
3/ This is good for democracy, because the voters get to decide who runs the agencies. But it's not good for corporations/billionaires, because they want right wing judges (remember, corporations can "forum shop" and bring cases before their hand picked judge) to interpret laws.
4/ Today's Supreme Court decision, decided by Trump appointed justices, is a gift wrapped present to these corporations and billionaires.
It ends the deference to agencies, and puts unaccountable life-appointed right wing judges in charge of deciding how to enforce our laws.
It ends the deference to agencies, and puts unaccountable life-appointed right wing judges in charge of deciding how to enforce our laws.
5/ This is great for corporations, because now these right wing judges will spend all their days micromanaging federal agencies, telling them how they can and cannot enforce the laws.
The dirty little secret? The courts are going to side with the corporations every time.
The dirty little secret? The courts are going to side with the corporations every time.
6/ And btw, even if the courts didn't have a right wing, pro-billionaire bent, they just aren't good at interpreting complicated statutes. That's what the agencies are for.
Take this gem of a mistake as an example.
Take this gem of a mistake as an example.
7/ This was a massive power grab by the Court. They will now be in charge, for all practical purposes, of enforcing our laws. The executive branch will be held hostage to an increasingly right wing, pro-corporate, anti-worker court. The result is a disaster for our economy.
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