began. and where the conservative majority, super majority, frankly, on this court, is taking us. we all know our country has three branches of government. each branch is supposed to restrain the others from exercising too much power their checks and balances. that is actually how all this is supposed to work, but the supreme court is acting as if it has no restraints and as if it is the sole decider with its decision in west virginia versus , which on thursday, limited the epa s ability of regulating emissions that cause climate change. as justice elena kagan s dissent, the court does not know how to address climate change, but the quarter points itself, instead of congress or the expert agency, as a decision-maker on climate policy. i cannot think of many things more frightening. unquote. also can t think of anything more frightening than a rogue supreme court whose ruling has run roughshod over the role of congress, the executive branch, prior to court precedents. and, o
began. and where the conservative majority, super majority, frankly, on this court, is taking us. we all know our country has three branches of government. each branch is supposed to restrain the others from exercising too much power their checks and balances. that is actually how all this is supposed to work, but the supreme court is acting as if it has no restraints and as if it is the sole decider with its decision in west virginia versus , which on thursday, limited the epa s ability of regulating emissions that cause climate change. as justice elena kagan s dissent, the court does not know how to address climate change, but the quarter points itself, instead of congress or the expert agency, as a decision-maker on climate policy. i cannot think of many things more frightening. unquote.
because they wanted the process to be more partisan. they re in control of state government, they wanted to draw the congressional maps themselves to help republicans more. but the supreme court today upheld the districts being drawn instead in this bipart expert good government technocratic way instead. that immediately effects arizona, but it s also a signal to good government types and reformers all around the country that you can do your congressional districts in a better way. you can stop rigging the game if you want to. no pressure. just in case the supreme court wasn t making enough news already, these past few days today they did hand down that ruling on congressional districts being decided in a technocratic nonpartisan way and that being an okay thing to do. they also blocked the epa from regulating emissions from power plants. they blocked texas from implementing its new antiabortion law which was supposed to go into effect the day after tomorrow, and that would have probab
republicans in arizona sued because they wanted the process to be more partisan. they re in control of state government, they wanted to draw the congressional maps themselves to help republicans more. but the supreme court today upheld the districts being drawn instead in this bipartsan expert good government technocratic way instead. that immediately effects arizona, but it s also a signal to good government types and reformers all around the country that you can do your congressional districts in a better way. you can stop rigging the game, if you want to. no pressure. just in case the supreme court wasn t making enough news already, these past few days, today they did hand down that ruling on congressional districts being decided in a technocratic nonpartisan way and that being an okay thing to do. they also blocked the epa from regulating emissions from power plants. they blocked texas from implementing its new antiabortion law, which was supposed to go into effect the
today they did hand down that ruling on congressional districts being decided in a technocratic nonpartisan way and that being an okay thing to do. they also blocked the epa from regulating emissions from power plants. they blocked texas from implementing its new antiabortion law, which was supposed to go into effect the day after tomorrow, and that would have probably closed almost every abortion clinic in the state of texas, and they also today announced they re taking up a hugely controversial affirmative action case also from texas, a case that will be a national flash point for the court and the country over the next supreme court term. and, and, and, and today on the last day of their term, they also did something that i think has never been done before. at least not in modern times. you know pete williams, the nbc justice correspondent. when it comes to the courts and the law, pete williams, frankly, has seen everything. and he is legendary for being completely unflappable. ever