mandates. the chief witness used against the administration was president biden's own chief-of-staff, ron -- during the oral argument. a number of the justices quoted him saying that this was a "workaround." putting limits on the president's authority. so that didn't go over well, you know. they couldn't get the authority from congress. they found out that the president couldn't order it directly and then they publicly announced they found a workaround. the court said, you really didn't. the workaround won't work. you have to show us direct constitutional authority, and in many ways, while everyone talks about democracy and they are using it as a weaponized political slogan, this really ultimately is about democracy. what the supreme court was saying is that this is a question that belongs in the legislature for the people's