AH, SATISFACTION – AT 10:35 A.M. ET:  Brett Kavanaugh not only started his career on the Supreme Court yesterday, but he received a bonus.  The Court gave him a compliment.  From Don Surber: 

Well, that was quick. Justice Brett Kavanaugh began his job today. They gave him Monday off for a paid holiday even though he was just starting the job.

Today, He heard a bunch of lawyers yak away. Boring.

But the court made news by what it didn't do. The court refused to hear an appeal of a D.C. Circuit ruling that -- shockingly -- limited what the Environmental Protection Agency can do.

Guess who wrote that opinion?

Of course, Kavanaugh wrote the D.C. Circuit ruling. If it were written by Gregory G. Katsas no one would care.

The justices turn down most appeals.

But this denial of an appeal was telling. In the opinion, Kavanaugh wrote, "However much we might sympathize or agree with EPA’s policy objectives, EPA may act only within the boundaries of its statutory authority."

And that is the real problem Democrats have with the five Republicans justices from Clarence Thomas through Kavanaugh. The five-man majority believe Congress should write the laws -- not the courts or the bureaucracy.

Gadzooks.

COMMENT:  Very well put.  And Justice Kavanaugh gets his first victory.  And the Republic is still standing. 

October 10, 2018