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BREAKING — the MAGA Justices on the captured Supreme Court gave themselves even more power to block common-sense safeguards for the air we breathe and the water we drink.
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This decision is earth-shattering. What happens next will depend on folks like you, Friend. The environmental movement needs all hands on deck in order to rally policymakers urgently to protect our communities and our climate.
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We need to raise $40,000 to power our campaign. Because this goal is so important, we just got approval to extend our Summer Membership Drive deadline and 3x match offer.
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The Court’s ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce overturns Chevron v. NRDC, one of the most important cases you may never have heard of. In 1984, the landmark Chevron case set the precedent that courts should defer to experts at public agencies in cases where the laws they are charged with implementing are unclear. It has been cited in court decisions more than 18,000 times — more than Brown v. Board of Education or Roe v. Wade.
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Big Oil and far-right extremists have been attacking the Chevron doctrine because they want decisions about our rights and our environment to be made by MAGA judges they have bought, not the experts at the public agencies that protect the people. Billionaires and corporations have showered MAGA Justices on the Supreme Court with luxury gifts and travel, and the lawyers who brought this case are backed by oil billionaire Charles Koch. Today, their investments paid off. Big Oil and other corporations are positioned to make more money, and the people’s health and safety will suffer.
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By overturning Chevron, the Court is once again poised to undercut the EPA’s authority to rein in polluters and to protect our communities from dirty air and water, as well as the authority of public interest agencies that protect workers’ rights, students’ rights, patients’ rights, civil rights, and so much more. In short, the MAGA Justices are trying to seize power from the people and the experts who know how to protect our communities, and take that power for themselves, their fellow MAGA judges, and the billionaires who pay for their vacations.
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Let’s be clear, Friend — the MAGA justices on the Supreme Court are subverting democracy in order to increase their own power. They’ve decided that power which used to be held by the people should instead be wielded by unelected MAGA judges who are backed by shadowy special interests including Big Polluters. MAGA justices grabbing this power and selling out to Big Oil will mean dirtier air and dirtier water for generations — unless Congress acts.
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If Congress refuses to act, it could take generations to reverse the MAGA justices’ right-wing power grab and the potential impact on our environment. That’s why your support is so important.
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Thanks for being a part of our movement, Friend. We’ll be in touch soon with more updates on our campaigns.
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