Even if Trump swats the Clean Power Plan on Day 1, more battles lie ahead

WV Metro News ^ | January 6th, 2017 | Brad McElhinny

[buckalfa]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Dismantling the Clean Power Plan could get messy.

The plan meant to curtail carbon dioxide emissions and battle global warming, one of the Obama administration’s signature achievements, already has been the subject of legal battles in federal court.

Now a group of state attorneys general, including West Virginia’s Patrick Morrisey, is promoting a multi-step process to eliminate the plan, starting with the suggestion that President-elect Donald Trump declare it unlawful on the first day he takes office.

Another group of attorneys general has issued a statement in response, saying they’ll fight the plan’s elimination tooth and nail. ------

[buckalfa]

As much as we might wish Trump to "pen and phone" Obama's legacy out of existence, the battle may be a little tougher as explained in the article. Trump must prevail to make America great again.

[Jim W N]

“We have not yet begun to fight!”

[Savage Beast]

Oh it'll be battle after battle after battle, but Trump's fighter; he's got a HUGE amount of stamina and energy; and he doesn't give up. AND he's got a staggering intellect!

Trump's most important achievement must be establishing a permanent Republican majority in the electorate.

[meatloaf]

It’s an opportunity for Trump to suck up state attorneys’ time for a “useless” cause on their part. If nothing else, Trump can manipulate the EPA through reassignments so that enforcement is impossible. You can bet your ass under Trump the DOJ won’t help the EPA. Many agency attorneys are policy wonks and not trial attorneys. Trump has a number of strategies to use from the high ground of the presidency.

[gr8eman]

Or even more sinister, he should urge blue state AGs to implement the Clean Power Plan while red states do not! They will be bankrupt soon!

[sergeantdave]

“As much as we might wish Trump to “pen and phone” Obama’s legacy out of existence, the battle may be a little tougher as explained in the article.”

Trump has all the Constitutional and executive muscle he needs to crush the Clean Power act. Simply order the unconstitutional Energy Department to polish doorknobs until he says stop.