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binarymax ◴[22 Oct 24 16:14 UTC] No.41915815[source]▶
Don’t worry, a judge in Texas in the pocket of some big company will shoot this down, just like the attempt to abolish non-competes
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1. stronglikedan ◴[22 Oct 24 17:04 UTC] No.41916314[source]▶
> the SCOTUS judges are the de facto experts of all matters and the regulators

And thankfully so.

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2. EcommerceFlow ◴[22 Oct 24 17:46 UTC] No.41916760[source]▶
How about we get Congress to do their jobs?
3. kccoder ◴[22 Oct 24 17:59 UTC] No.41916899[source]▶
Curious why you think these nine individuals are better suited than people with actual expertise?

In the ruling in which they self-ordained these new powers, Gorsuch confused nitrous oxide with nitrogen oxide, five times. Better hope Gorsuch didn't rule on dental anesthetics on your next visit to the dentist.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-supreme-court...

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4. consumer451 ◴[22 Oct 24 18:11 UTC] No.41917018{3}[source]▶
Especially since one of the main arguments I have heard from folks who approve of the ruling is "but these agency people are un-elected officials!" So are Supreme Court Justices, who unlike agency people have no ethics rules.
5. Ajedi32 ◴[22 Oct 24 18:58 UTC] No.41917491{3}[source]▶
Because allowing the "people with actual expertise" to decide for themselves how much power they have over the lives of others is a blatantly obvious conflict of interest?
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6. renegade-otter ◴[22 Oct 24 19:41 UTC] No.41917933{4}[source]▶
As opposed to the judges who fly on donor private jets and then take the cases of the said donors. No conflict of interest there. Zero. And, oh yeah, zero enforceable ethics rules.

The disdain for expertise is something I would not expect on HN, but here we are.

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7. shiroiushi ◴[23 Oct 24 01:40 UTC] No.41920808{5}[source]▶
>The disdain for expertise is something I would not expect on HN,

I would: HN is full of conservative Americans.