Overused labels

[Honda]

In today's political climate it seems that the media and citizens alike are using terms to label huge swaths of Americans. Two that come to mind are fascist and maga Republican. A perfect example of that was today when Schumer was not happy with a supreme Court decision dealing with the EPA and environmental issues. The decision was 9 to 0 as in unanimous. But Chucky wasn't happy with the decision so he decided to label the supreme Court as the maga supreme Court. How misleading. Divisive politics are dangerous. Don't get me wrong it's practiced by both parties but I just thought today was a perfect example from the highest ranking senator in the Senate.

[UTAH]

The decision was 9 to 0 as in unanimous.

Which sends a message the opposition obviously doesn't get.

Hunter

[Kevin]

I can provide some context. While at USDA, I was involved in mapping wetlands.

The problem is that in one of the farm bills some time back (think 20+ years), we got word that the EPA was redefining wetlands. In the past, a wetland was a swamp. Pretty straightforward and farmers were not supposed to drain wetlands to create farmland. With a definitional change, any wet spot in a field essentially became a wetland and you needed a plan to protect it. That's why the SC made a point of saying that a wetland had to have a surface connection to a body of water. Wet spots in fields are now back to being wet spots, not federally protected wetlands, and farmers can go back to laying tile to drain them instead of having to interrupt field operations for them.

Famers will be over the moon about this. The EPA definition was baloney. It was government overreach embodied. There were big penalties for violating the sacrosanct wet spots. So a 9 to 0 ruling is a big billboard to other agencies jerking people around with regulations out the wazoo, such as the definition of "navigable waterways". Once a waterbody is deemed a "navigable waterway", all sorts of regulations rain down on everyone's heads. A navigable waterway can be the creek in your backyard. Or a ditch, depending on the whim of the bureaucrat sent out that day.

Crazy stuff.