How the Supreme Court Just Rewrote the Rules
The highest court in the land just finished its homework before summer break, and they basically handed the keys of the federal government to the president—while somehow saving birthright citizenship. It was a wild week of legal whiplash.
First up, the Supreme Court decided that the president can now fire independent agency heads at will, completely tossing out 90 years of legal precedent. This means Trump was totally cleared in his firing of a Democratic member of the FTC, Rebecca Slaughter. Independence is apparently overrated.
Then, the court shielded Monsanto (owned by Bayer) from lawsuits over its infamous weedkiller, Roundup. If someone got cancer, too bad: the court ruled that because the federal government approved the label without a warning, you can’t sue them for not warning you.
They also made it way easier for states to dilute minority voting power by striking down a majority-Black voting district in Louisiana. Justice Samuel Alito basically argued that unless there is explicit racism on paper, it’s all fair play.
But it wasn't a total clean sweep for the executive branch. In a surprising twist, the conservative justices split, with John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett joining the liberals to save birthright citizenship from the president's executive order.
Finally, they ruled the administration can end temporary protection for Haitian and Syrian refugees, with Alito dryly noting that past disparaging comments about Haiti weren't "overtly racial" enough to block the move.
A system where the president can fire any watchdog at lunch, but still can't touch the 14th Amendment by dinner, is certainly keeping things interesting.
Source: UPI
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