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To further underline how misled you are on this: SCOTUS actually didn't overturn the moratorium. They upheld it! And no decision at any level was on Constitutio

To further underline how misled you are on this: SCOTUS actually didn't overturn the moratorium. They upheld it! And no decision at any level was on Constitutional grounds. I think you should find different sources for your legal analysis.

somenameforme 2y ago
Well, that's one thing you're right on! I was naive enough to still be reading legacy media on occasion back during COVID, and it was universally, and [in hindsight] typically disingenuously, implied that it was the Supreme Court acting to end the moratorium and not simply upholding lower courts already existing judgements and termination of such. [1] So, thanks for that! However, that naivete ended not too long thereafter. And indeed Chevron was ended by the Supreme Court on constitutional grounds. The opinion for it is here. [2] --- Under the Chevron doctrine, courts have sometimes been required to defer to “permissible” agency interpretations of the statutes those agencies administer—even when a reviewing court reads the statute differently The Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority, and courts may not defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous; Chevron is overruled. Article III of the Constitution assigns to the Federal Judiciary the responsibility and power to adjudicate “Cases” and “Controversies”—concrete disputes with consequences for the parties involved. ... As Chief Justice Marshall declared in the foundational decision of Marbury v. Madison, “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.” --- [1] - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/aug/27/us-supreme-court-blocks-biden-eviction-moratorium https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/aug/27/us-supreme-court... [2] - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf
- sorcerer-mar 2y ago
  Good lord. No. Maybe a closer reading of "legacy media" would have served you better than whatever you ended up turning to. There were two CDC moratoriums that made it to SCOTUS. The first was upheld by SCOTUS, the second was struck down. Neither was upheld nor struck down on Constitutional grounds. You should also read the Loper Bright decision more closely. Chevron was struck down due to conflict with the Administrative Procedures Act, not the Constitution. The do not say anywhere that Congress cannot (Constitutionally) delegate such authority to the regulatory agencies. They say that Congress did not do such in a way that reconciles its conflict with the APA.
  - somenameforme 2y ago
    You're rather leaving out the fact that the first was upheld for pragmatic, not legal reasons. Kavanaugh, who cast the deciding vote in favor of the CDC, stated that the CDC had clearly overstepped their bounds, but as the moratorium was set to imminently expire, and the ruling could cause imminent disorder, chose to pragmatically, rather than legally, uphold it. The CDC then shrugged and decided to try to do something similar again after it expired, and summarily lost. The legacy media framed this with quotes such as "A group of right wing extremists just decided to throw families out of their homes during a global pandemic." Yeah, real informative... The quote I gave regarding the unconstitutionality of Chevon deference was from the Supreme Court opinion. It was both unconstitutional and contradicted previous legalese and precedent. It was a loser on every account.
    - sorcerer-mar 2y ago
      Yeah, I'm not arguing the propriety of it. I'm arguing that you're not even reading the decisions. It is demonstrably untrue that district courts couldn't review agencies' interpretations of statues, as you've argued several times now. Again: read more closely. Nowhere does Loper Bright say there was any conflict with the Constitution. Merely citing the Constitution in a decision does not mean the ruling is on Constitutional grounds. It says there was a violation of APA. That's the extent of the ruling. You misunderstood what Chevron deference is, now you've misunderstood Loper Bright. Find new sources for your legal analysis!
      - somenameforme 2y ago
        Read more closely? Nowhere does Loper Bright say there was any conflict with the Constitution? A quote (amongst many) literally from the opinion, "I write separately to underscore a more fundamental problem: Chevron deference also violates our Constitution’s separation of powers..." You are acting childish.
        sorcerer-mar 1y ago
        … “I write separately…” As in… a concurrent, distinct opinion from the court’s decision? This is proof of my point, not of yours lol. That is Thomas saying: “the court DID NOT decide this ran afoul of the Constitution. I am writing separately to proclaim my own belief that it does.” You are now misunderstanding how court opinions work.

somenameforme 2y ago

Well, that's one thing you're right on! I was naive enough to still be reading legacy media on occasion back during COVID, and it was universally, and [in hindsight] typically disingenuously, implied that it was the Supreme Court acting to end the moratorium and not simply upholding lower courts already existing judgements and termination of such. [1] So, thanks for that! However, that naivete ended not too long thereafter. And indeed Chevron was ended by the Supreme Court on constitutional grounds. The opinion for it is here. [2] --- Under the Chevron doctrine, courts have sometimes been required to defer to “permissible” agency interpretations of the statutes those agencies administer—even when a reviewing court reads the statute differently The Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority, and courts may not defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous; Chevron is overruled. Article III of the Constitution assigns to the Federal Judiciary the responsibility and power to adjudicate “Cases” and “Controversies”—concrete disputes with consequences for the parties involved. ... As Chief Justice Marshall declared in the foundational decision of Marbury v. Madison, “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.” --- [1] - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/aug/27/us-supreme-court-blocks-biden-eviction-moratorium https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/aug/27/us-supreme-court... [2] - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf

sorcerer-mar 2y ago
Good lord. No. Maybe a closer reading of "legacy media" would have served you better than whatever you ended up turning to. There were two CDC moratoriums that made it to SCOTUS. The first was upheld by SCOTUS, the second was struck down. Neither was upheld nor struck down on Constitutional grounds. You should also read the Loper Bright decision more closely. Chevron was struck down due to conflict with the Administrative Procedures Act, not the Constitution. The do not say anywhere that Congress cannot (Constitutionally) delegate such authority to the regulatory agencies. They say that Congress did not do such in a way that reconciles its conflict with the APA.
- somenameforme 2y ago
  You're rather leaving out the fact that the first was upheld for pragmatic, not legal reasons. Kavanaugh, who cast the deciding vote in favor of the CDC, stated that the CDC had clearly overstepped their bounds, but as the moratorium was set to imminently expire, and the ruling could cause imminent disorder, chose to pragmatically, rather than legally, uphold it. The CDC then shrugged and decided to try to do something similar again after it expired, and summarily lost. The legacy media framed this with quotes such as "A group of right wing extremists just decided to throw families out of their homes during a global pandemic." Yeah, real informative... The quote I gave regarding the unconstitutionality of Chevon deference was from the Supreme Court opinion. It was both unconstitutional and contradicted previous legalese and precedent. It was a loser on every account.
  - sorcerer-mar 2y ago
    Yeah, I'm not arguing the propriety of it. I'm arguing that you're not even reading the decisions. It is demonstrably untrue that district courts couldn't review agencies' interpretations of statues, as you've argued several times now. Again: read more closely. Nowhere does Loper Bright say there was any conflict with the Constitution. Merely citing the Constitution in a decision does not mean the ruling is on Constitutional grounds. It says there was a violation of APA. That's the extent of the ruling. You misunderstood what Chevron deference is, now you've misunderstood Loper Bright. Find new sources for your legal analysis!
    - somenameforme 2y ago
      Read more closely? Nowhere does Loper Bright say there was any conflict with the Constitution? A quote (amongst many) literally from the opinion, "I write separately to underscore a more fundamental problem: Chevron deference also violates our Constitution’s separation of powers..." You are acting childish.
      - sorcerer-mar 1y ago
        … “I write separately…” As in… a concurrent, distinct opinion from the court’s decision? This is proof of my point, not of yours lol. That is Thomas saying: “the court DID NOT decide this ran afoul of the Constitution. I am writing separately to proclaim my own belief that it does.” You are now misunderstanding how court opinions work.