Leah Litman

And yet they still cling to this fantasy world that just does not describe the reality that we are living in. And then, you know, they have also... while they have been skeptical of administrative agencies like the EPA, they have simultaneously been very pro-presidential power.

And these things sit in uncomfortable tension with one another because, of course, the idea that an administrative agency can't do shit because it's not the legislature could also be said about the president. And yet, Doesn't seem to give them any pause. And one more thing just on Chevron. This is just like this perfect, like you were for it before you were against it.

And these things sit in uncomfortable tension with one another because, of course, the idea that an administrative agency can't do shit because it's not the legislature could also be said about the president. And yet, Doesn't seem to give them any pause. And one more thing just on Chevron. This is just like this perfect, like you were for it before you were against it.

And these things sit in uncomfortable tension with one another because, of course, the idea that an administrative agency can't do shit because it's not the legislature could also be said about the president. And yet, Doesn't seem to give them any pause. And one more thing just on Chevron. This is just like this perfect, like you were for it before you were against it.

I mean, Chevron was originally this Republican supported doctrine because it was announced in a case involving the Reagan's EPA. And guess who was the head of the EPA at the time? Neil Gorsuch's mom. Oh, really? And Gorsuch Burford. Miss Gorsuch.

I mean, Chevron was originally this Republican supported doctrine because it was announced in a case involving the Reagan's EPA. And guess who was the head of the EPA at the time? Neil Gorsuch's mom. Oh, really? And Gorsuch Burford. Miss Gorsuch.

I mean, Chevron was originally this Republican supported doctrine because it was announced in a case involving the Reagan's EPA. And guess who was the head of the EPA at the time? Neil Gorsuch's mom. Oh, really? And Gorsuch Burford. Miss Gorsuch.

I didn't know that. Yeah. And so I kind of write about this in the book as like part of Neil's villain origin story. Like his mom got chased out of the EPA and this apparently has given him a complex against the administrative state, which he's been out to get ever since. It was really wild in the oral argument about overruling Chevron.

I didn't know that. Yeah. And so I kind of write about this in the book as like part of Neil's villain origin story. Like his mom got chased out of the EPA and this apparently has given him a complex against the administrative state, which he's been out to get ever since. It was really wild in the oral argument about overruling Chevron.

I didn't know that. Yeah. And so I kind of write about this in the book as like part of Neil's villain origin story. Like his mom got chased out of the EPA and this apparently has given him a complex against the administrative state, which he's been out to get ever since. It was really wild in the oral argument about overruling Chevron.

The lawyer who is challenging Chevron was asked, you know, do you want to keep the result in the Chevron case? And he literally said, well, with respect to Justice Gorsuch's mother's EPA, I think she got she got it right. Basically, it's just it's so wild, like how messy that entire scene is.

The lawyer who is challenging Chevron was asked, you know, do you want to keep the result in the Chevron case? And he literally said, well, with respect to Justice Gorsuch's mother's EPA, I think she got she got it right. Basically, it's just it's so wild, like how messy that entire scene is.

The lawyer who is challenging Chevron was asked, you know, do you want to keep the result in the Chevron case? And he literally said, well, with respect to Justice Gorsuch's mother's EPA, I think she got she got it right. Basically, it's just it's so wild, like how messy that entire scene is.

Well, so yeah, she was deciding basically when power plants needed permits in order to construct new pollution-emitting devices under the statute. The statute has rules that's like, okay, if you make a new device, new stationary source, you need a permit.

Well, so yeah, she was deciding basically when power plants needed permits in order to construct new pollution-emitting devices under the statute. The statute has rules that's like, okay, if you make a new device, new stationary source, you need a permit.

Well, so yeah, she was deciding basically when power plants needed permits in order to construct new pollution-emitting devices under the statute. The statute has rules that's like, okay, if you make a new device, new stationary source, you need a permit.

And she said that doesn't include when an existing power plant makes new pollution-emitting devices within the power plant, as opposed to making an entirely new power plant. Yeah.

And she said that doesn't include when an existing power plant makes new pollution-emitting devices within the power plant, as opposed to making an entirely new power plant. Yeah.

And she said that doesn't include when an existing power plant makes new pollution-emitting devices within the power plant, as opposed to making an entirely new power plant. Yeah.

So the first chapter in the book is partially about the rise of originalism. And I'm definitely sympathetic to the idea that for some people, originalism was this kind of pure, on its own, inherently correct method of interpreting the Constitution.