The whole SCOTUS is MAGA now

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It was a tweet, not a sound bite, but doesn't matter...

May 25, 2023, 9:32 PM

even fox's article understands the context of Schumer being upset, "Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., slammed the Supreme Court's ruling Thursday that limited the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate bodies of water, calling it a "MAGA" court even though the decision was 9-0.

On Thursday, the high court issued an opinion that narrowed the EPA's broad definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). The court said the federal government must define WOTUS as a water source with a "continuous surface connection" to major bodies of water.

The decision upended an attempt by the Biden administration to regulate wetlands, lakes, ponds, streams and other "relatively permanent" waterways, which had relied on a broad reading of the EPA's authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

"This MAGA Supreme Court is continuing to erode our country's environmental laws," Schumer tweeted after the opinion was released. "Make no mistake – this ruling will mean more polluted water, and more destruction of wetlands."

If you want to run with the angle that Schumer is dumb for calling it a MAGA court because of this, I think you'd have a better argument for pointing out that Kavanaugh joined with the liberal justices,

"Justice Brett Kavanaugh, joined by the court's three liberal members, disputed Alito's reading of the statute, noting that since 1977 when the CWA was amended to include adjacent wetlands, eight consecutive presidential administrations, Republican and Democratic, have interpreted the law to cover wetlands that the court has now excluded. Kavanaugh said that by narrowing the act to cover only adjoining wetlands, the court's new test will have quote "significant repercussions for water quality and flood control throughout the United States."

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/25/1178150234/supreme-court-epa-clean-water-act

The Supreme Court has narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act

The U.S. Supreme Court placed new restrictions on the scope of the jurisdiction the Clean Water Act has over wetlands, ruling in favor of Idaho landowners who had challenged the law.

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It is reasonable to conclude that the liberals don’t identify with Schumer’s quote … except where it suits them:

(*). “This MAGA Supreme Court is continuing to erode our country's environmental laws," Schumer tweeted after the opinion was released. "Make no mistake – this ruling will mean more polluted water, and more destruction of wetlands."

However, since a separate SCOTUS ruling was 5 - 4, the liberals choose to identify with Schumer’s outburst when referencing only this following part of the decision:

… the court split 5-4 in its analysis of how the federal government should define a water source under the Clean Air Act.

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Or is it that the liberals are fine with the 9 - 0 ruling that struck down Biden admin EPA overreach, since America’s liberal sheep fall right into line with whatever their thought leaders tell them to think.

Good gracious, America needs for its liberal hoard to get some self respect.

Re: sort of.

That's also in the Fox article that Keowee didn't read.

Your daddy said,

Guessing you still haven't read it.***

Re: Guessing you still haven't read it.***

It was a tweet, not a sound bite, but doesn't matter...

You beat me to it***

Re: That's also in the Fox article that Keowee didn't read.

So a Congressman is angry that the executive branch can not

Re: So a Congressman is angry that the executive branch can not

Re: The whole SCOTUS is MAGA now

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