Supreme Court Likely to Overturn Chevron Deference

The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods

SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, we look at an upcoming landmark Supreme Court decision.

Supreme Court Likely to Overturn Chevron Deference

A very lengthy and detailed judicial update by Harold Finch, over at the UncoverDC news, podcast, and commentary site: VanDerStock v Garland: The Judicial Eradication of Biden’s Signature Gun Control. A brief quote:

“The decision in VanDerStock v Garland is the second major shoe to drop. Judge Reed O’Conner ruled that the ATF illegally rewrote the previously accepted definitions of frames and receivers that were in use and accepted since the 1968 GCA, just as a Federal court ruled the ATF had done with bump stocks in Cargill v Garland.”

JWR’s Comments: The impact of the “history, text, and tradition” test of the 2022 Bruen decision is just starting to be felt in the Federal appellate courts. It is now obvious that the handwriting is on the wall for the vast majority of Federal gun laws. That includes most or all of The National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Gun Control Act of 1968. When Chevron deference inevitably falls, then arbitrary Federal agency rulemaking will come to an end. Freedom is on the march!

Alert: Sunspot Activity Rising

Spaceweather.com reports: “A HYPERACTIVE SUNSPOT: New sunspot AR3372 is seething with activity. In the last 24 hours alone it has produced eight M-class solar flares… …If current trends continue, we should expect more strong M-class flares during the next 24 hours with a chance of X-flares as well. This sunspot will become even more geoeffective in the days ahead as it continues to turn toward Earth.”

JWR’s Comment: This might be a good time to disconnect radio antennas and store your spare radios, phones, and computers in Faraday containers. Be ready to disconnect from grid power, if there are any more concrete warnings.

“Six people, including a Nepalese pilot, were killed in a helicopter crash near Mount Everest on Tuesday, local officials said.

Five tourists — all Mexican nationals — were onboard a sightseeing aircraft when it crashed near Lamjura Pass in the Solukhumbu District, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said.”