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Opinion: How far are the Supreme Court justices willing to go to remake constitutional law?

Oct 02, 2023 View Original Article
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    -56% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -68% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    19% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : This means that when the Environmental Protection Agency is acting to enforce the Clean Air Act or the Clean Water Act, courts should defer to the agency's view of the law and what is needed to protect the environment.
50% : The court has overruled Roe vs. Wade, expanded gun rights, ended affirmative action by colleges and universities, found a 1st Amendment right of teachers to pray at school events, created an obligation of the government to subsidize religious schools when it provides funds to private secular schools, imposed a major limit on the authority of federal administrative agencies, and held that people have a 1st Amendment right to refuse to comply with anti-discrimination laws when it suits them.
50% : Although only about half the cases the court will hear in this term have been set, major cases on gun rights, administrative agencies and speech on the internet already on its docket will show how far the justices are willing to go to remake constitutional law.
50% : If the Supreme Court agrees, many federal agencies that use administrative law judges and similar proceedings would be greatly hindered in enforcing laws that protect consumers, small businesses, and health and safety.
47% : In each instance, it was a 6-3 decision, with the conservative justices invalidating progressive federal regulations.
46% : The conservative justices have been obsessed with curtailing the power of federal administrative agencies.
45% : In the last two years, the court has struck down a federal regulation requiring COVID vaccinations in workplaces with more than 100 employees, denied the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants, and invalidated the Biden administration's student loan relief program that benefited 43 million Americans.
43% : In the last two years, the Supreme Court has dramatically moved constitutional law in a conservative direction.
41% : Federal law makes it a crime for a person under a restraining order in a domestic violence case to possess a firearm.
40% : If the conservative justices do so, every type of federal regulation could be challenged.Internet speech.
38% : But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed his conviction and declared the federal law unconstitutional under the 2nd Amendment.
35% : Rahimi was convicted of violating the federal law and sentenced to six years in prison.
34% : The Fifth Circuit court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the Securities and Exchange Commission to use administrative law judges to adjudicate fraud cases rather than having to go to federal court for jury trials.

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