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Non-Delegation
July 3, 2022
Simon Lazarus
The Supreme Court Appoints Itself to Be America’s Regulatory Czar
The high court cast aside the people’s elected representatives to enact the climate-denial agenda of the megadonors who funded its nominations. It won’t stop there.
June 20, 2022
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Decided to Leave the Administrative State Alone—for Now
The court’s conservatives seem eager to take apart the mechanics of liberal governance, but they’re having commitment issues.
January 24, 2022
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Found a New Way to Wreck the Government
Neil Gorsuch’s recent invocation of the “major questions doctrine” has ominous implications for anyone not keen on watching the government drown in dysfunction.
January 19, 2022
Simon Lazarus
Biden Misread the Supreme Court’s Ruling Against the OSHA Vaccine Rule
The court did not foreclose robust new workplace vaccination standards, nor bless the radical right’s blueprint for annihilating the “administrative state.”
November 30, 2021
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Sabotage the Administrative State
This week, the high court will take up the matter of Chevron deference—the judicial doctrine that currently allows the executive branch to function.
November 6, 2021
Jason Linkins
The Supreme Court’s Plot Against Democracy—and the Planet
The court’s conservative majority has targeted the EPA with a tradition-smashing move that could imperil the administrative state.
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