Excessive Power in the Wrong Hands: Chevron Deference and the Fight for Constitutional Liberty

On July 31, 2024, Rich Guggenheim, Jay Davidson, Lorne Levy, Trent Loos, and Paula Sarlls joined the show. Reports on the final push to qualify parental notification and girls’ sports protection initiatives for Colorado’s November ballot, warning that gender ideology threatens family structures Explains the historic significance of the Supreme Court’s Chevron repeal, tracing the administrative state’s origins to Woodrow Wilson and defending America’s constitutional republic design Reports. The Supreme Court Strikes at the Administrative State Start listening at 21:22 – Hour 1 Jay Davidson, founder and CEO of First American State Bank, delivers a masterclass on constitutional governance and the historic repeal of the Chevron doctrine. Davidson traces the origins of administrative overreach to Woodrow Wilson’s progressive vision of bureaucratic control, explaining how the 1984 Chevron decision unconstitutionally transferred Congressional taxing and regulatory power to unelected agencies under the executive branch. The Supreme Court’s recent ruling represents what Davidson calls “one of the most pivotal decisions any Supreme Court has ever made,” restoring the constitutional separation of powers the Founders intended. He explains that America’s founding documents created a constitutional republic specifically designed to protect individual rights by restricting government power, not a democracy where the majority controls the minority. When Biden proposed Supreme Court reforms in response to the ruling, Davidson dismissed it as “a performance farce” requiring a constitutional amendment that will never pass, but noted it reveals how desperately the left wants to maintain regulatory control over citizens’ lives. “The source of malice is the encroaching power of our federal government over every aspect of our lives, from plastic bags at King Soopers to another tax on your consumption.” Jay Davidson, Founder and CEO, First American State Bank Parental Rights Under Siege in Colorado Schools Start listening at 9:46 – Hour 1 Rich Guggenheim of Protect Kids Colorado reports on the final push to get parental notification and girls’ sports protection initiatives on the November ballot. With petition deadlines the following day, Guggenheim emphasizes that California’s AB 1955 previews what Colorado faces without citizen action. The initiatives would require schools to notify parents within 48 hours if a child experiences gender incongruence and prohibit boys from competing in girls’ sports. Guggenheim explains that queer theory deliberately targets the family structure by destroying trust between parents and children. “All of this is designed to destroy our Western culture.” Rich Guggenheim, Protect Kids Colorado John Deere’s Data Collection Empire Threatens Farm Independence Start listening at 87:02 – Hour 2 Trent Loos, sixth-generation farmer and rancher, sounds the alarm on John Deere’s transformation from equipment manufacturer to data collection company. Deere is laying off American workers while moving manufacturing offshore to Mexico, but the deeper concern is their aggressive push to eliminate used equipment sales and control repair access. Loos reveals an underground network of farmers secretly repairing their own combines ahead of harvest because John Deere’s proprietary systems lock them out. Every tractor with a computer collects data, and customers must sign agreements a...