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2. Among incredibly stupid court opinions, overturning Chevron takes the cake

   Worse than “legislating from the bench,” this is a dictatorship of the bench. The bench has decided that theirs is the entire purview of both the executive and legislative branches.

   And it was just waiting for a case where it could do so – because Neil Gorsuch (another illegitimate appointee, who wrote his own concurring opinion today) has wanted to overturn Chevron for a long time. He pre-judged this case long ago, well before the specifics of this case came along, and has just been waiting to implement his judgment. This is generally considered a violation of jurisprudence.

   [Chief Justice] Roberts and his illegitimate court are the antithesis of effective government, and are not working in the interest of law and order or in favor of the public. Their opinions should be treated as just that – opinions, from private individuals who are clearly not interested in law or government.

    

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   1. Me: Overruling Chevron is bad, actually

      Local MAGA: It's good to take power from unelected bureaucrats

      Me: Name an Art.Ill elected judge

      <crickets>

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      1. Local MAGA:  Judge Judy. 

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      2. I know, right? 🙄

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   2. Who needs actual subject matter expertise when some trumpanzee judge with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas has strongly-held opinions he’d like to share?

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      1. The more complex the problem, the more the urge to D.I.Y.

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3. The French have taken a big step in restoring the Vichy government.

   France election live: exit poll puts far-right National Rally ahead (theguardian.com)

    

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      Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

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      1. touché

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4. They'll probably overreact and follow Vichy Deux with Paris Commune redux

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5. And if you are dissatisfied with political uproar, imagine if you will the weather:

   Flood Watch  From SUN 15:4 until MON 18:00

   …FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON… * WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE…Portions of Colorado,
    

   moving on to New Mexico

   Severe storm floods basements of Albuquerque City Hall and Police Department

   Ruidoso:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/C826VQmP58i/

   or Arizona: 

   Arizona wildfire advances after forcing evacuations near Phoenix

   abroad:

   beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane season:

   • T​ropical depression to major hurricane happened unusually fast: Given its tiny size and unusually favorable early-season environment, Beryl explosively intensified from a tropical depression to major (Category 3+) hurricane in just 42 hours from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning.
   • Beryl became the farthest east Atlantic Basin June hurricane on record Saturday, breaking a record from the Trinidad and Tobago hurricane of 1933.
   • Hurricane Beryl closes in on southeast Caribbean after strengthening into dangerous Category 4 storm

   Deadly weekend storms cause extensive flooding and landslides in Switzerland and Italy

   Two wildfires are burning near Greece’s capital, fueled by strong winds

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   1. And the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party reassures us that climate change is a hoax.

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