Left Freaks Out Over Supreme Court Ruling re Chevron Deference
Yesterday, MDN brought you the news the U.S. Supreme Court rendered a decision that overturned a 40-year-old case establishing the leftist utopian administrative state, colloquially called the Chevron deference case (see U.S. Supremes Overturn Chevron Case, Reins in Leftist Bureaucrats). Now faced with the dismantling of their power (power derived via backdoor regulations), the left is, quite literally, freaking out. And they are doing so publicly, trying to scare the general public into thinking life as they know it will end. Life as the parasitic left knows it will end, but life for the common citizen will become dramatically better.
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MDN is taking a few days off for the Independence Day (July 4th) holiday to rest, relax, and recharge. We will not post any new stories from Wednesday, July 3, through Friday, July 5. We will be back on July 8 to catch you up on all the news related to the Marcellus and Utica shale region, including permits issued for the week of June 24-30. Have a great Fourth!
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