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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has set his sights on eliminating the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced which cases it would consider next and which it wouldn't. Among those the court rejected was a case that challenged the authority of OSHA, which sets and enforces standards for health and safety in the workplace.

And Thomas, widely considered to be the most conservative justice on the already mostly conservative court, wasn't happy.

In a dissent, he explained why he believed the high court should've taken the case: OSHA's power, he argues, is unconstitutional.

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ok your rant over? Good. If it was rewritten today it would be civilization ending levels of disaster. And you know what? OSHA is constitutional.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it would be ... Disaster

Why? Are we no longer capable of being smart? Did the leaded gasoline do its job too good?

Your current constitution sucks as a legal document, it should be in a museum. It was written well over 200 years ago, and I'm site there are some good basic ideas in there but most of the time its abused to death to remove rights.

Make something new based off our current knowledge. Make it make sense.

Prohibit guns for most people as by now its goddamn clear that people can't be responsible enough to handle them freely

Everyone is the same, outlaw any and all discrimination on gender, skin color, culture, etc.

Make it very clear that religion and state are absolute separate and are not allowed to touch eachother. If it were up to me (and unfortunately it isn't), religion as a whole would be banned because this "i failed to understand santa Claus isn't real when I was 5 years old but my beliefs must be protected and my god wants to kill all the Jews" bullshit has given the world nothing but wars and hatred. Grow up.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fine you convinced me. Call a state constitutional thing. Watch how fast the new document outlaws abortion, makes the US an officially Christian nation, and shores up the electoral system such that no Democrat could ever win.

What you aren't looking at is that we can amend the document right now. Look at the very last purposed changes. End of birth naturalization and ban on gay marriage. You want that?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Oh no, I agree with you on that, don't do it NOW. I'm not sure when, though, but it has to be rewritten from scratch to clearly defined I'll defined issues, to update with current technology, social standards, human rights, etc.

I know that a very select few people would hate that but IDGAF