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Saturday, February 3rd, 2024

Charles Koch’s Sinister Attack on Regulation

Author:     PHIL MATTERA
Source:     truthdig
Publication Date:     FEBRUARY 2, 2024
 Link: Charles Koch’s Sinister Attack on Regulation
Stephan:  

Here is further detail about how the oligarchs are using the rigged Supreme Court to take control of the country. As I keep telling you, there is only one way we are going to get out of becoming a christofascist oligarch controlled nation, and that is to vote while voting still matters. And to vote only for Democrats. The corporate media won’t touch these trends, but the evidence for what I am saying, does occasionally appear in fact-based independent publications like this one, and it all confirms my conclusions.

In this June 29, 2019 photo, Charles Koch, chief executive officer of Koch Industries, is seen at The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo. Credit: David Zalubowski / AP

Donald Trump’s rants about the deep state are designed to deflect attention away from his own transgressions. An even more sinister attack on the legitimacy of the federal executive branch is taking place in the U.S. Supreme Court, and the result could strike a serious blow against corporate accountability.

The Court just heard oral arguments in two cases that were purportedly brought by commercial fishermen protesting their obligation to help pay for the cost of monitoring compliance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

Instead of addressing that narrow issue, the cases are being used to challenge one of the bedrocks of federal regulation—the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine under which courts have given deference to agencies in interpreting laws relating to the environment, consumer protection, and the like.

It is standard procedure for Corporate America to use small businesses as a wedge for achieving changes that provide a lot more […]

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