Velshi: This single SCOTUS case could upend our entire regulatory system - Velshi - MSNBC

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Under the Executive Branch, there are 15 departments, each of which is led by an appointed cabinet member. And within those departments, there are more than 400 distinct agencies and sub-agencies. This is the so-called “Administrative State” that the GOP has been pushing to reform for decades.

These agencies, among other functions, are the regulatory bodies on which we rely in nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Last week, the Supreme Court accepted a case that has the potential to upend our governments entire regulatory system. - Aired on 05/21/2023.

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1. I'll add here that the reason agencies developed expertise over many issues now 'claimed' by

them is/was COURTS could not reasonably assume anything NEAR the expertise necessitated by the detailed nature of our lives/science/business of the day.

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2. Well said. *sigh*

But the current SCOTUS now assumes control over any and all areas of expertise - including the medical community.

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3. I agree. The SC does not have expertise on our personal lives but they are ruling

On things these days on their personal beliefs and not on the law, past and decided issues or the constitution. They have become what the Federalist Society wants this country to be. To be honest, I’m talking about the court’s majority, not all of them.

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4. Exactly. And now that they're gotten away with it, they feel they have license to go even farther

These recent anti-Democratic decisions are certainly unprecedented. And I feel sorry for the Obama appointees since they're inexplicably in the minority - and especially for Justice Brown Jackson who was such a stellar pick and she was so elated to be chosen.

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5. Yes, our justices on the minority side are unfortunately being lumped with the others

As the court is being torn apart and disrespected. It’s gonna be a long, long time before we can get an actual chance at some kind of real just rulings

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6. And we keep hearing all manner of remedies, but none seem feasible

And if the justices remain as they are, I heard on one of the news shows (MSNBC) that it could remain this way for 40 years.

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7. Just another aspect of rolling back The New Deal.