All right, here we are, lawyertalk, off the record, on the air

>> Steve Palmer: All right, here we are, lawyertalk, off the record, on the air. Q and a coming at you, by the way. We are everywhere, so if you want to check us out, lawyertalkpodcast.com, um, we're getting questions now, even on TikTok, which is, uh, you know, we'll get to that one here in a minute, but, uh, check us out@lawyertalkpodcast.com. dot. You can check us out wherever you get podcasts. I really, really, look, I try to do this. I come in here once a week and I do my best to bring you content and break down legal issues, do some q and a rat and all sorts of things. Um, it does take a lot of Time, and your support is much appreciated. I bring this free. When do you hear lawyers say free? So I bring this to you free. All I ask is just a little bit of support, like share, do whatever you do on social Media. So if you think it's cool, tell your buddy. He'll think it's cool, too. If, um, you got a question, if you want me to cover a topic, all you have to do is just go to lawyertalkpodcast.com, comma, shoot me an email.

After Chevron ruling, does that mean we can delete our diesel trucks

This one, however, came from TikTok. And, uh, let me make sure I get the question just right, because this is Lawyer Talk. Uh, RRT for life asks, after Chevron has been overturned, does that mean we can delete our diesel trucks? I love this question. I'm going to just give you this. I'll say the. We'll cut to the end. Probably not. Uh, but it does, it does create some, some questions. So, Chevron deference was basically a, uh, decision. The Chevron case came out, I think, the eighties, and it essentially said that the US Supreme Court or the courts will defer to the administrative agencies on, um, policy. So they get to, the courts aren't gonna rethink what the administrative agencies have already done. Um, this is a gross oversimplification, and it's just a q and a, so bear with me. At any rate, what that basically did is this new decision basically severely curtails the power of the pen of the president's administrative branch of government, which doesn't exist in the constitution. You didn't hear me say that out loud. So the point is, is that we're not going to have this governance, or hopefully we'll have less governance by bureaucrats. Now, one of the things the bureaucrats did in 2008, Obama era, uh, they created a rule that basically said you have to slap onto your diesel trucks, any trucks manufactured after that date have to have all sorts of emissions equipment like sensors, uh, and filters and etcetera. One of the things that they, uh, the big enemy of all this is def. So if you're ever walking out of a sheets or a gas station, you see um, a big display, uh, with def. D e f stands for diesel emissions fluid, I think. And it's basically cow urine. And you got to put that, you have to put it into your, into your car. So, you know, you fill up your diesel truck and right next to your diesel gas, uh, filler plate, you get it right next to where you fill your diesel, uh, there's a container or another place where you fill up def. And the big rigs who go around back at the truck stops, well, they have to fill up their def at the same time they're filling up their diesel. It's expensive. Uh, and frankly, if you talk to any good diesel mechanic, somebody who knows diesel engines, these are horrible for all this emissions crap. Really screws up how diesels run. Now, the other offensive thing is, I've got a close friend who's an environmental geologist and has dug into all the science on all this stuff. And he basically said, look, we've got diesel trucks running pretty efficiently anymore and it's not like the old days. And we don't need this anyway. It doesn't do anything other than inhibit, um, your gas mileage and create unnecessary wear and tear. So what do people do? Well, they blow coal. They, uh, these old boys with their diesel engines, they'll buy the big diesels and they'll delete them. And by deleting, they get rid of all the stuff. And they put like a four inch straight pipe right from the motor and, and uh, it runs better. And then they put, uh, electronic tuning equipment on it so they can say they can make it do what they want. And you know, if you ask my teenage son, he goes, dad, let's roll coal or whatever, you know, look at that guy's rolling coal. And I said, what the heck is rolling coal? And it's when these guys hit the gas on their diesel and it blows black smoke out of an exhaust pipe that's going out of there or that's sticking up. Um, and look, I think somewhere in between there's probably a better, uh, the mines could meet. But the point is now, uh, can we eliminate this regulation or will the chevron deference get rid of this regulation? I doubt it. I mean, when's the last time our government, any government, has given up power like think about that. So you've got a regulation in place. It's already in place. It's been there since zero eight. I don't think it's going anywhere. I think it's going to stay there. Now look, depending, uh, on who you vote for and how you vote, maybe your candidate will be influenced enough to get out his pen or her pen and strike, uh, that regulation down. Uh, I doubt it and I doubt this will change anything. But I think what the Chevron deference will do for the proponents of it. Like, I hated Chevron deference, I hate the administrative State of government. I don't believe in it. I think it violates separate powers. Uh, I think it will result in less of this in the future. So look, we can't. It's really hard to fix what's already been screwed up, but it's not as hard, uh, to change what we do going forward. So anyway, I hope that answers your question. I love that question because, um, I hate that kind of regulation and I think it's foolish. And I think often government regulation targeted that stuff always starts out with good intent. Usually, uh, results in all sorts of extra problems, like costs for the trucking companies, which gets passed on to you, which gets passed on to, uh, uh, the goods and services that you pay for because it costs more to get there. And if you're just a trucking company trying to run a business and you've got to maintain all these emissions, all this emissions equipment, it's costly. So anybody, I've talked to mechanics about this and basically, uh, uh, it adds a layer of cost and expense that then gets passed to the consumer. It's not people just price gouging folks. These regulatory schemes put a yoke on the shoulders of small businesses and that gets passed on to everybody else. So hope that answers the question. Lawyer Talk, off the record, on the air, at least until now, with your questions answered.