Some people representing some States sued to stop the federal government from allowing corporations to consider economic, social, and governance (ESG) issues in all States. Honest. Take a look at what they themselves wrote if you can't believe it: Download State of Utah v. Walsh Complaint Doc.No. 1 filed 01.26.23 (N.D. Tex. Case No. 2.23.cv.00016)).
They filed their lawsuit in Amarillo, Texas in federal Court. There is only one federal judge there, so they filed there. Not surprisingly, they got the judge of their choice. Not even drug dealers in major cities can do that.
Speaking of drugs, this is the same Amarillo judge who 'ruled' for the entire country that the Food and Drug Administration did not have the power to regulate drugs – back in the day, over 20 years ago. Nothing is too far away to be overturned with this crew, it seems. Not in time, and not in the rest of the United States; nothing is too far away for them to reach.
Not having stopped the federal government yet, the litigious people are asking their Amarillo judge to forbid the federal government permanently from ever allowing corporations to consider environmental, social, and governance issues of concern to their shareholders. Honest. OK, take a look at what they wrote for yourself: Download State of Utah v. Su Motion for Summary Judgment Doc. No. 92 filed 05.16.23 (N.D. Tex. Case No. 2 .23.cv.00016).
In Florida, another branch of this crew is 'investigating' a teacher who showed her class a Disney movie. Honest.
Parenthetically, the teacher resigned even before she showed the movie. The 'investigation' by the Florida department of education began anyway when one member of the local school board, who had a child at the school where the Disney movie was shown, started the investigation. One. Honest.
It has not been reported whether or not the one complainer has stock in a Disney competitor. It does not appear that she has been asked as yet.
Meanwhile, in Montana, Governor Headslapper signed a bill passed by the learned Montana legislators that bans Montanans from looking at Tik Tok on their cellphones or on computers at home or in the office. (The governor once slapped a reporter who asked him a question he did not want to answer, so he slapped him instead.) Honest.
And so it goes.
A wise person once said that all it takes for evil to win is for good people to remain silent. I do not want to be silent. Do you?
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