Haven't read the decision, only quoted excerpts.
I get the impression this is a fairly narrow ruling. I don't think it has the legs to affect much outside of the EPA trying to expand their grasp. At least not on it's own. Promising as precident and a potential first step, but hardly the watershed moment some are trying to paint it as (media wise, not M4C specifically) from what I can tell.
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This won’t stop rogue agencies from doing whatever they want to do. Last year the Court said it was not within the CDC’s authority to grant a rent moratorium. The CDC said FU and extended the moratorium.
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Agree with this. I did read the ruling. There was hope that SCOTUS would revisit the doctrine of Chevron deference (which comes from a SCOTUS decision and is what the courts use to say an agency such as the AFT or EPA can make regulations to "fill in the gaps" in the laws passed by congress), but in this case they focused on the "major questions" doctrine instead, saying that regulating carbon dioxide emissions to prevent climate change is a major question outside the scope of the authority granted the EPA by congress.
Unless the court deems a certain gun regulation a similar "major question", which I doubt, (unless the FDA starts trying to regulate them for "public health" reasons or something nonsensicle like that) I don't think this ruling will have an impact. Last weeks ruling against New York on the other hand, will have a huge impact imho, but I'm yet another mechanical engineer, so what do I know?
Last edited by Pressingonward; 07-01-22 at 10:35.
I saw a gun lawyer, granted he's a youtube guy, suggest that even the recent SCOTUS ruling would limit the ATF. Text and tradition is the new standard. Regulation of the type that the ATF is taking with regard to pistol braces may be knocked down.
I think a lot of stuff will have to be re-litigated in light of the new rulings. Potentially, the EPA ruling could be the biggest deal for large regulatory changes, but it remains to be seen how far they are going to trim back the power of the administrative state. IMHO
The previous post is exactly right.
Last edited by ScottsBad; 07-01-22 at 11:30.
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