Michael Lotito – California Globe

Supremes Kneecap Administrative State

June 28, 2024 1:40 pmJune 28, 2024 1:40 pm

The United States Supreme Court today threw out 40 years of precedent and overturned the principle of Chevron deference, blowing a huge hole in the power of the administrative state. In a 6 to 3 ruling (Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and...

Deference Deterrence: Will U.S. Supreme Court Let the Bureaucrats Keep Running Wild?

January 17, 2024 5:03 pmJanuary 17, 2024 9:06 pm

There is a legal thing called “Chevron deference” and it has encouraged the massive growth of the power and scope of the bureaucratic state over the past 40 years. Named after a 1984 legal case, the doctrine holds (in a...

Biden Re-Nominates Julie Su

January 8, 2024 5:27 pmJanuary 8, 2024 5:27 pm

When a pope is chosen, the world is informed by a plume of smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel – white for “we have a new pope!” black for “nope, maybe next vote.” Will Julie Su see the...