This could be, as someone once said, a “big effin’ deal.” Bonchie over at RedState had this to say:
In the biggest news to come out of the Supreme Court of the United States since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the Court has granted a review of Loper Bright Enterprises vs. Raimondo. In its deliberations, the court will deal with the question of whether to overrule the infamous Chevron Doctrine, a ’70s-era precedent that granted broad powers to the bureaucratic state to interpret vague, often narrow statutes with near zero accountability.
This would of course affect my own industry a great deal, but I suspect it won’t happen overnight; even if the Supreme Court follows the Constitution and rips the guts out of the bureaucratic state, it will take years for the necessary implications of that decision to trickle down. The libertarian in me loves this, even if the compliance-consultant side of me is a bit concerned about my living (yes, the irony of that is not lost on me) but as I say, it will take a while, and I expect I’ll retire before too much changes.
Now then…
On To the Links!
My hovercraft is full of eels.
I’m sure this won’t lead to anything bad happening.
Stupid idea yields bad results. Film at eleven.
So frickin’ glad we got out of Colorado.
Punishing the responsible to reward the irresponsible.
Then they came for your leaf-blower… Hang on to your woodchippers, we may need them.
RIP Tim Bachman. Bachman Turner Overdrive always brings back memories of the Seventies.
French riot over being expected to be productive past sixty-two. I’d refer the French to Stein’s Law.
Will anyone notice? Hollywood hasn’t produced anything original in years.
12-year-old sense of humor activated.
This Week’s Idiots:
Fang Fang was unavailable for comment.
The Oregon state legislature clearly contains a large proportion of idiots.
This is one of the stupidest ideas to come out of an administration known for stupid ideas. This is industrial-grade stupid.
Donna Brazile (Repeat Offender Alert) is an idiot.
Paul Krugman (Repeat Offender Alert) remains a cheap partisan hack, and an idiot.
The Nation’s Jeet Heer (Repeat Offender Alert) is an idiot.
Robert Reich (Repeat Offender Alert) is still a sawed-off little runt, and an idiot.
MSNBC’s Hayes Brown (Repeat Offender Alert) is an idiot.
This Week’s Cultural Edification:
Warren Zevon was badly underrated. He made some pretty good tunes, and while he’s best known for the rollicking Werewolves of London and Excitable Boy, my favorite of his works (from the 1978 album Excitable Boy, in fact) was Lawyers, Guns and Money.
I’d point out that, in a just world, Hunter Biden would be singing a similar tune; except that his situation has not arisen from bad luck, but from bad judgement, and therefore his own damn fault.
Anyway. Here is that great tune. Enjoy.
