History books will write about the Roberts court in pretty much the same way that history writes about former Supreme Court Chief Justice Rober B. Taney [1], po

History books will write about the Roberts court in pretty much the same way that history writes about former Supreme Court Chief Justice Rober B. Taney [1], possibly most famous for the Dred Scott decision [2]. This decision is a just a district court decision but you will be seeing a ton of these over the coming years and the playbook will be exactly the same: 1. Challenge some government regulation in a conservative federal district court, probably the Fifth Circuit (Texas, Alabama, Louisiana). Judges in this circuit tend to be very conservative because of Blue Slip system [3]. Any nominee for Federal court by convention requires a sponsoring Senator and the Senators in these states are pretty much always Republicans. It's worse in Texas too because of the way the Fifth Circuit is organized into divisions it's really easy to judge shop; 2. SCOTUS just ended Chevron deference. That means for 40+ years, Congress would pass laws like "The EPA will ensure there's clean air and water" and the EPA would decide what that meant. The Chevron deference part is that courts deferred to Federal agencies whenever any legislative language is ambiguous. Thing is, Congress relied on this when writing legislation for 40+ years. It's also impossible to write legislation for every aspect of regulation. It's simply too much; 3. SCOTUS also ended the statute of limiations (previously 6 years) for challenging any federal regulation through the Corner Post decision [4]. This case got less attention but the impact is going to be massive. Previously when a Federal regulation was made you had 6 years from inception to challenge it. Now the 6 years applies from when the injury begins so you can challenge a 100 year old law by establishing an LLC and claiming injury; 4. A Fifth Circuit court will say the case is open and shut because the legislative language is ambiguous; 5. Other circuits, particularly the 9th Circuit, will interpret things differently. This essentially forces SCOTUS to act to resolve different circuits having different interpretation. This court in particular will rule against regulation. We will see for years to come a torrent of cases that will dismantle every aspect of Federal regulation. What's crazy is some people who will absolutely be hurt by this will celebrate it. Arsenic and lead in your water will hurt you. Dumping waste into the Chesapeake Bay will hurt you. Polluting the air will hurt you. The only people this will benefit is the extremely rich who get to get slightly richer. Roberts will be remembered for this, stripping voting rights, Dobbs, presidential immunity (which will be up there with Dred Scott) and, of course, Citizens United, which decided that money = speech. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_B._Taney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_B._Taney [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_slip_(U.S._Senate) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_slip_(U.S._Senate) [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corner_Post,_Inc._v._Board_of_Governors_of_the_Federal_Reserve_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corner_Post,_Inc._v._Board_of_...