Only a few media outlets seem to understand the gravity of our new, post-Chevron reality. Regardless of precedent, impact, or logic, GOP-appointed lawyers are keen to dismantle most federal oversight of corporate power. It’s the culmination of a fifty-year vision to ensure the nation’s wealthiest and most powerful can pursue largely unchecked wealth accumulation with a disregard for real-world harm. Most regulatory effort, rule, or enforcement will be challenged anew, posing grave risks to public safety, corporate accountability, functional infrastructure, and environmental reforms across every agency in America. Despite what should be obvious stakes and impact, most journalists and policy experts are treating concerns about the defanging of the regulatory state as either hyperbole or a real snoozer.
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