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--:-- John Bickley: The final rulings of what has been a monumental Supreme Court session were released Thursday. The court upheld the Biden administration's challenge to remain in Mexico, but limited the EPA's ability to regulate coal plant emissions. What are the implications of both decisions?
--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Friday, July 1st, and this is Morning Wire. The July 4th holiday weekend is here. Whether you're traveling or planning a backyard barbecue, it will cost you more. We have the numbers.
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--:-- John Bickley: And the 300,000 residents who abandoned New York City took billions of dollars with them. We speak to a diehard New Yorker about the exodus.
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--:-- Cabot Phillips: On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a series of rulings with widespread implications, wading into border security and EPA regulations just a week after overturning Roe v. Wade.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Here to discuss the immigration ruling first is Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips. Now, Cabot, this is Remain in Mexico, one of the Trump-era policies. What did the court rule?
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Well, after a series of rulings that were viewed as victories for conservatives from the court this term, this was sort of viewed as a setback for the right. So quick refresher, the Remain in Mexico policy was a Trump-era initiative that ordered migrants who were detained at the border to stay in Mexico while they awaited their legal hearings.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: The policy was initially intended to keep migrants from skipping their court date and slipping into the country illegally. Now, shortly after taking office, President Biden tried to repeal the policy, but a lower court blocked his administration from doing so, citing federal law that says migrants applying for admission, quote, shall be detained for a proceeding.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: But on Thursday, the court ruled 5-4, with Justices Roberts and Kavanaugh joining the court's three liberal justices, that Remain in Mexico could in fact be repealed. And what was the basis of the ruling?
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Essentially, they said that lower courts had misinterpreted immigration law and that the president was within his power to repeal the order. They also determined that forcing the Biden administration to keep Remain in Mexico in place could have had, in their words, quote, foreign affairs consequences.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: It was interesting. Justice Roberts wrote that it, quote, imposed a significant ruling burden upon the executive's ability to conduct diplomatic relations with Mexico. Not the typical thing you hear in a ruling.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Now, it is worth noting this doesn't immediately repeal the policy, but instead opens the door legally for it to happen. So expect some movement there in the coming days.
--:-- Charlotte Pence Bond: All right, Cabot, thanks for that summary.
--:-- Charlotte Pence Bond: The Supreme Court also announced on Thursday a ruling saying that the Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA, is limited on what rules it can place on power plants in states.
--:-- Charlotte Pence Bond: Here to tell us more is Daily Wire Charlotte Pence Bond. Yes, so a group of states and private parties challenged the EPA on how it was trying to regulate power plants. The case in question was West Virginia versus EPA.
--:-- Charlotte Pence Bond: And in a 6-3 ruling, the justices decided that the EPA can't put certain emissions limits on power plants in the country because Congress hadn't given the EPA that kind of power. And if it wants the agency to be able to do things like that, it should expressly delegate that or it should take action to impose those limits.
--:-- Charlotte Pence Bond: The justices in the majority were Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the opinion, as well as Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. The three liberal-leaning justices, Kagan, Breyer, and Sotomayor, dissented.
--:-- Charlotte Pence Bond: So what are the broader implications for this? This is really being seen as a setback for President Biden's climate change agenda, and it essentially limits the type of action that agencies can take to control industries.
--:-- Sarah Parshall Perry: Morningwire spoke to Sarah Parshall Perry, senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, about the significance of both of these rulings.
--:-- Sarah Parshall Perry: This is a significant ruling for a number of different reasons. It really deals a blow to bureaucracy and ends the serious threat to reliable, affordable energy.
--:-- Sarah Parshall Perry: But what it says about the power of the federal government is probably the most important of all of the outcomes in this case. And ultimately, the Supreme Court determined that the EPA's sweeping claim of authority under the Clear Air Act to effectively force a national climate change policy through without any authority from Congress was impermissible under its statute.
--:-- Sarah Parshall Perry: And that is an encouraging outcome. It reminds us the power ought not to be centralized and that the executive agencies cannot determine law without going through the appropriate congressional channels.
--:-- Charlotte Pence Bond: Another significant ruling from the court. Charlotte, thanks for reporting.
--:-- Charlotte Pence Bond: Thanks for having me.
--:-- John Bickley: That was Daily Wire's Charlotte Pence Bond.
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--:-- Liz Collin: Coming up, this 4th of July will be the most expensive on record. You can get this show and all of the content you love wherever you are, all on the Daily Wire app.
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--:-- Liz Collin: From big ticket items like airline tickets to smaller spikes like the cost of a cold one, we're all paying a lot more to celebrate our independence this year.
--:-- Liz Collin: Joining us to discuss is journalist and Daily Wire contributor Liz Collin, and she's going to break down just how much more things will cost.
--:-- Liz Collin: So Liz, first off, you found that some people are changing their plans or in some cases canceling them due to rising prices. It seems some people are Georgia.
--:-- Liz Collin: It is those travel costs, whether flying or driving, that will hurt holiday travelers most. That's why, of course, we have to start at the gas pumps, where we will pay the highest prices in 4th of July history.
--:-- Liz Collin: According to AAA, prices are 52% higher than this time a year ago. The national average gallon of gas was $3.13 this time last year. It's right around $5 a gallon right now.
--:-- Liz Collin: At one Minnesota gas station, Brad told me that his family won't be taking their usual trip to Wisconsin due to high prices at the pump.
--:-- Liz Collin: How much more do you think it would have cost you this year? A hundred bucks. A hundred bucks more.
--:-- Liz Collin: So you are rethinking your plans because of... Yeah, we already changed our plans. So you're sticking closer to home? Yeah, we're staying home.
--:-- Liz Collin: When it comes to air travel, AAA also found the average lowest airfare is still more than 14 percent more than this time last year at a ticket And hotel rooms they up about 23 percent more this year Still though AAA says a record 42 million Americans will travel 50 miles over the holiday weekend
--:-- Liz Collin: And ongoing cancellations and delays, though, at airports, Georgia, could also mean more people will just be driving instead of flying this year.
--:-- Liz Collin: OK, so transport will likely cost more. But what about once people arrive? how much more are they going to be spending on their cookouts, campfires, that kind of thing?
--:-- Liz Collin: Yeah, we're seeing a 36% spike in food prices. According to a recent survey from the American Farm Bureau Federation, ground beef is up 36%. That's the same for chicken breast, pork chops. They're all up more than 30% this year.
--:-- Liz Collin: Hot dogs, a little cheaper. They're only up about 14%. Beer is up a whopping 25%. So sure going to cost you more for a cold one, no doubt.
--:-- Liz Collin: Overall, the Farm Bureau survey says that barbecues cost 17% more overall, marking the largest increase on record. They are blaming supply chain problems, inflation, and the war in Ukraine for the increases.
--:-- Liz Collin: Even desserts, though, like watermelon, ice cream, they're up about 10% to 20% also.
--:-- Liz Collin: Now, we're not condoning this, but how much more are fireworks going to cost this year? People will buy them, though, right?
--:-- Liz Collin: Yeah. Another 35% increase over last year for those fireworks. You might remember the slow shipping from China for supply problems last year. That was due to the pandemic, but now rising shipping costs are passed on to consumers.
--:-- Liz Collin: The American Pyrotechnic Association says shipping costs have quadrupled since 2019. That's when a shipping container was between $8,000 and $10,000. Well, now it's more like $40,000 for the same thing. Record diesel prices certainly are not helping delivery drivers either.
--:-- Liz Collin: The APA is warning that smaller 4th of July favorites could be more challenging to find this year. So if you're in the market for some sparklers, Georgia, you could be out of luck.
--:-- John Bickley: All right. Well, Liz, thanks so much for that report.
--:-- Liz Collin: Thank you and happy 4th of July.
--:-- John Bickley: That was Daily Wire contributor Liz Collin.
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--:-- David Marcus: During the pandemic lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, New York City lost a whopping 300,000 residents, many of whom left for freer pastures such as Florida or Texas.
--:-- David Marcus: Now, new reporting from the New York Times shows that the New Yorkers who left were disproportionately wealthy, a third of them with incomes over $214,000 per year.
--:-- David Marcus: Joining us to discuss is columnist and New Yorker, David Marcus. Good morning. So how much money has left New York with these folks moving out?
--:-- David Marcus: Morning. It's a lot of money. The Times cites $21 billion, with a B, dollars that flowed out of Gotham over the past few years.
--:-- David Marcus: And of course, like anywhere else, it's the highest earners who pay the lion's share of the taxes. Now, in 2020 and 2021, that money was largely made up for by federal pandemic funding.
--:-- David Marcus: Yeah, but that's drying up now, and there's no indication that Washington has an appetite to turn that spigot back on. So the next year or two could be tough.
--:-- David Marcus: Now, New York's strict COVID policies were probably a big factor here. But have the wealthy New Yorkers who left given any specific reasons they chose to leave?
--:-- David Marcus: Several, in fact. Some cited the possibility of doing remote work, something more common in high-end labor than the service or blue-collar industries.
--:-- David Marcus: A lot of people felt less safe on the much emptier streets. But one of the most interesting answers was a woman who said quote I used to thrive on the hustle and bustle Now I think about waking up in my bed in an apartment and I just feel a bit anxious I think everyone who lived through COVID here in the city felt that to some degree.
--:-- David Marcus: Are city officials expecting the population numbers to rebound now that the COVID restrictions are mostly over? Or is this a lingering or ongoing problem?
--:-- David Marcus: Yeah, I mean, they say in the long run, the 300,000 will be a blip After all, the last census had the city at a record 8.8 million. So, you know, it's New York. There's a lot of people and people are starting to come back or move here for the first time as they have for centuries.
--:-- David Marcus: The immigrant population is also strong and steady. But will these very wealthy people come back? That's a harder question. And I think it really comes down to lifestyle in a lot of cases.
--:-- David Marcus: If the city gets back its mojo and its fun and, you know, the place to be, people will come. Mayor Eric Adams talks about this a lot. Unfortunately, things like the crime rate and vagrancy are making that harder.
--:-- David Marcus: And it wasn't just Florida and other states, right? There was also some exodus to more local suburbs. What impact is that having?
--:-- David Marcus: You know, a lot of people went to Jersey, Long Island, Connecticut. New York has a massive metro area, almost 20 million people. So it has an impact.
--:-- David Marcus: For example, both public and private school enrollments in the city are down. So some of those kids are probably living behind white picket fences now instead of an apartment.
--:-- David Marcus: But the suburbs are economically connected to the city. So the overall loss of money is probably a little more mitigated.
--:-- David Marcus: How are New Yorkers feeling about the comeback, or should I call it an attempted comeback? I mean, in a word, frustrated.
--:-- David Marcus: Mayor Adams did a long interview with the New York Post this week where, you know, he flat out said conditions were way worse when he took office than he expected.
--:-- David Marcus: And I think that reflects how many of us feel. But look, this is New York City. It always bounces back. The question is, how long is it going to take this time?
--:-- John Bickley: So are you packing your bags for Florida yet?
--:-- David Marcus: No, that will never happen.
--:-- John Bickley: That was Daily Wire contributor David Marcus.
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--:-- John Bickley: Other stories we're tracking this week. President Biden is calling on Congress to alter the rules of the Senate in order to codify Roe v. Wade.
--:-- John Bickley: Arizona legislators passed a school choice bill last week, giving tuition money to all families in the state to be able to send students from kindergarten through high school to a school of their choice.
--:-- John Bickley: R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years behind bars this week after he was convicted on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.
--:-- John Bickley: The fugitive yoga teacher, wanted for the murder of a professional cyclist in Texas, was captured in Costa Rica on Wednesday after a 43-day high-profile manhunt.
--:-- John Bickley: She awaits deportation to the U.S. for charges of first-degree murder.
--:-- John Bickley: Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday as Justice Stephen Breyer retired.
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