Worthy Point

The dissent written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor actually made the case for the majority opinion.

She wrote... “Litigants seeking further dismantling of the ‘administrative state’ have reason to rejoice in their win today, but those of us who cherish the rule of law have nothing to celebrate.”

Of course we want to dismantle the administrative state. We’re American citizens, not British subjects.

Dismantling the administrative state is one of my major political goals. Independence Day is next week.

6 comments:

Texan99 said...

Even better, https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/06/28/scotus-down-goes-chevron-n3791103?bcid=570bb8cfc0a79c6d0f617de6e55b3a8a813405e6404e2942e1a385b24daac48c

Chevron deference was just overruled.

Texan99 said...

Justice Jackson has been impressing me with being much smarter than she seemed in her confirmation hearing. Justice Sotomayor, in contrast, generally sounds as though she had no idea how to practice law. What is this "rule of law" hyperventilating? Does she really have no idea that the controversy is over Constitutional checks and balances concerning how laws are enacted? Practically everyone wants the rule of law. Some of us understand that there have to be rules about how laws come into effect in the first place, as well. I get that people will disagree with me about how laws should be enacted, but I'm confused by a Supreme Court justice who seems oblivious to the existence of disputes on the subject. "If laws aren't enacted in exactly the way I've become used to, there's no rule of law at all!" It's purely dumb.

Grim said...

The death of Chevron is fantastic news.

Justice Jackson could hardly have failed to be smarter than she seemed in confirmation, given that she pretended not to know what a woman was.

Texan99 said...

In more evidence that Justice Jackson possesses cognitive skills despite how vehemently I disagree with her policy preferences, she joined the majority in throwing out Sarbanes-Oxley "official proceeding tampering" charges against the J6 defendants--while Justice Barrett dissented. Justice Jackson appears to be analyzing legal issues on their own merits, not in a purely results-oriented partisan manner; what's more, her words are coherent, not psycho-babble. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/06/28/j6-scotus-n2640966 This is another tremendous win in the S. Ct. today.

Assistant Village Idiot said...

I try to use the phrase "administrative state" instead of Deep State, just for precision, but it is a quixotic exercise.

Texan99 said...

"Unelected bureaucrat powermongering state"