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Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by theossuary on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @08:27PM (#42447293)
You shouldn't assume others are acting in bad faith when the much more likely explanation is you're just not paying attention.

Three major developments from the courts in this direction have been:

- The overturning of Chevron gave courts the power to interpret portions of laws written by subject matter experts, instead of those experts themselves.

- The big questions doctrine has allowed the courts to decide when the legislature has deligated too much power.

- Cornerpost has removed the statue of limitations for challenge policies and rules out in place by agencies.

These together clearly paint a picture. Any policy can be challenged (in any venue, allowing the plaintiff to pick their venue). This allows policies in place for decades to be challenged and brought to the supreme court. The most recent court has adopted the major questions doctrine, allowing them to strike down any policy they feel pertain to "issues of major political or economic significance." (no they didn't define it more than that). Or, if they can't make that argument, they can interpret the law to strike down the policy due to the overturning of Chevron.

We've seen an unprecedented shift of power to the supreme court in the last few years. They're using the disfunction in the legislature as an opening to gain power. Which is scary considering it's a group of 9 unelected people with lifetime appointments.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/06/supreme-court-strikes-dow...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_questions_doctrine

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/corner-post-inc-...

Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by soco on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @05:37AM (#42449455)
The Romanian supreme court just decided to block the presidential elections. They might have had reasons, but they definitely didn't have the mandate, yet they decided it nevertheless and because they are supreme nobody can challenge them. I'm sure the US supreme court (and more) is warming up to this concept.
Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by immibis on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @12:32PM (#42452674)
You aren't listening. Read about the reasons they did that, before concluding they did it for no reason.
Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by Dylan16807 on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @04:36PM (#42455610)
"they might have had reasons, but they definitely didn't have the mandate"

"concluding they did it for no reason"

What?