{"id":14901,"date":"2024-01-17T17:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T01:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14901"},"modified":"2024-01-18T08:15:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T16:15:02","slug":"words-matter-bradcast-1172024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=14901","title":{"rendered":"Words Matter: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 1\/17\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_KBJ-Carroll-Biden_011724.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">Brad is out today, trying to recover once and for all from <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14897\">his rebound case of COVID<\/a>. So guest host <a href=\"http:\/\/nicolesandler.com\"><strong>Nicole Sandler<\/strong><\/a> joins me (producer Desi Doyen) to bring you a fresh, new <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> to tickle your ears and brain cells. [<i>Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p>Among our stories covered today&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <b>U.S. Supreme Court<\/b> heard oral arguments on Wednesday in two important cases:  <i>Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo<\/i> and <i>Relentless v. Department of Commerce<\/i>. On the surface, the two cases appear to be somewhat innocuous, focused on technical issues about the scope of federal fees and regulations. But, in reality, the cases are vehicles of the fossil fuel industry and rightwing legal groups to achieve their long-sought goal of dismantling federal regulatory and administrative authority by overturning the four-decade old, landmark precedent known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/chevron_deference\">&#8220;Chevron deference&#8221;<\/a>. It is, as Cornell Law School <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/chevron_deference\">describes<\/a>, &#8220;One of the most important principles in administrative law.&#8221;\n<p>Established in 1984&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chevron_U.S.A.,_Inc._v._Natural_Resources_Defense_Council,_Inc.\"><i>Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council<\/i><\/a>, the ruling is a key underpinning of federal administrative law with broad applications to nearly every single aspect of American life.  At its core, it holds that judges are not technical experts, so they should defer to federal agency expertise when determining Congressional intent on an ambiguous law or statute.<\/p>\n<p>According to legal analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/scotus\/2024\/1\/17\/24041626\/supreme-court-john-roberts-amy-coney-barrett-chevron-loper-bright-relentless\">Ian Millhiser at Vox<\/a>, Chevron &#8220;places strict limits on unelected federal judges\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 ability to make policy decisions for the entire nation,&#8221; establishing that it is &#8220;better for federal agencies, and not judges, to make these sorts of decisions&#8221;. Millhiser concludes that overturning it would &#8220;shift policymaking authority from the executive branch to the judiciary,&#8221; allowing unelected judges to effectively make policy and insert their own political or ideological preferences.<\/p>\n<p>In oral arguments at SCOTUS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/supreme-court-chevron-deference-oral-arguments-federal-regulations\/\">on Wednesday<\/a> morning, four members of the rightwing supermajority on the packed and corrupted Court &#8212; Justices Clarence Thomas, Sam Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh &#8212; each signaled they were likely to overturn this landmark precedent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Details from the contentious federal court hearing in <b>New York<\/b> on Wednesday in the second civil defamation trial brought by author and former columnist <b>E. Jean Carroll<\/b> against disgraced ex-President <b>Donald Trump<\/b>. The judge <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-carroll-defamation-lawsuit-70d4477120399373934253c7e450643e\">threatened<\/a> to expel Trump from the courtroom after he repeatedly ignored warnings to remain quiet as Carroll testified that he shattered her reputation after she publicly accused him of sexual abuse. A previous state case in NY established that Trump did, in fact, sexually abuse Carroll at a department store in the 1990s. That jury awarded her $5 million for the defamatory comments he made about her after leaving office. He has continued his defamation since then. The jury in this federal case will only determine how much, if any, damages should be for the defamatory remarks he made about her while serving as President.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, Nicole&#8217;s speaks with author and communications expert <b>ANAT SHENKER-OSORIO<\/b>, <a href=\"https:\/\/asocommunications.com\/\">founder of ASO Communications<\/a> and host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordstowinby-pod.com\/\"><i>Words to Win By<\/i> podcast<\/a>. In an illuminating interview, Shenker-Osorio offers key insights and practical advice on winning political messaging, the ways in which the words that we use matter, and how to help ensure voters are engaged and informed that the critical 2024 election is now a choice between &#8220;freedom or fascism.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_NicoleSandler-DesiDoyen_SCOTUS-Chevron_Carroll2_AnatShenker-Osario-WordsMatter_011724.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/PC:1000025838\">Pandora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9icmFkYmxvZy5jb20vcG9kY2FzdGdlbi9icmFkY2FzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-BradCast-w-Brad-Friedman\/dp\/B08JJRN86R\/ref=sr_1_1\">Amazon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><center><i><b>* * *<\/b><\/i><\/center><center><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr style=\"background: blue; color:white;\">\n<td width=\"50%\"><center><span class=\"footnote\"><b>MONTHLY BRAD BLOG SUBSCRIPTION<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><center><span class=\"footnote\"><b>ONE-TIME DONATION<\/b><\/span><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid blue;\"><center><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\" style=\"margin-top:-3em; margin-bottom:2em;text-align:center;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"9PMSTMCJK9B3E\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"on0\" value=\"Choose monthly amount...\">Choose monthly amount&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><select name=\"os0\"><option value=\"$10\">$10 : $10.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><option value=\"$20\">$20 : $20.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><option value=\"$50\">$50 : $50.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><option value=\"$100\">$100 : $100.00 USD &#8211; monthly<\/option><\/select> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"currency_code\" value=\"USD\"><input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_subscribe_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/form>\n<p><\/center><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid blue;\"><center><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\" style=\"margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:2em;text-align:center;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"K5A5LX7J6WTHQ\"><input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"footnote\">(Snail mail support to <b>&#8220;Brad Friedman, 7095 Hollywood Blvd., #594 Los Angeles, CA 90028<\/b>&#8221; always welcome too!)<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad is out today, trying to recover once and for all from his rebound case of COVID. 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