Thursday, April 7, 2022

The Supreme Court's attack on the Clean Water Act was too radical for John Roberts.

…Just two days earlier, Justice Amy Coney Barrett once again declared that the Supreme Court is not political during a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation. Americans concerned that a particular ruling was "purely results-driven," she said, should "read the opinion." A close reading, Barrett asserted, would help the public decide if the ruling is "designed to impose the policy preferences of the majority" or an honest effort to "determine what the Constitution and precedent requires." 

But those upset by Wednesday's decision, which strayed so far from all known law that even Chief Justice John Roberts was driven to dissent, cannot "read the opinion"—because there is none. If that logic-free attack on the Clean Water Act is not a "purely results-driven" attempt to "impose the policy preferences of the majority," it's hard to see what is…


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