Posted on 10/09/2018 8:41:51 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned aside appeals of a 2017 lower court ruling by its newest justice, Brett Kavanaugh, that struck down an environmental rule imposed under former President Barack Obama regulating a potent greenhouse gas linked to climate change.
The appeals had been brought by an environmental group and companies that supported the 2015 rule that had limited hydrofluorocarbons, which are used in a variety of products including spray cans and air conditioners.
The ruling authored by Kavanaugh was made by a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the court on which he formerly served. The 2-1 ruling threw out the rule issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during Obama’s presidency.
Kavanaugh has a long history of skepticism toward environmental regulations, especially those concerning air pollution.
“However much we might sympathize or agree with EPA’s policy objectives, EPA may act only within the boundaries of its statutory authority,” Kavanaugh wrote in the ruling.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Winning!!!!!!!!
How ironic.
So basically Kavanaugh said that the EPA must obey the law as written. I can see what a dangerous radical he is.
Environmentalism is an assault on industrial civilization, economic progress, and prosperity.
Nothing could be further from the truth, Rooters.
Buried: "If the high court had agreed to hear the case, Kavanaugh would not have participated. The decision not to hear the case was made privately by the justices before Kavanaugh was confirmed by the Senate."
Put’s the pressure back on the lazyassed congress.
Imagine what tomorrow may bring?
IOW, he went with what the law actually said rather than what someone might wish it said. That means congress can change the law if they want.
They’re going to appeal on the grounds that the WHOLE court should recuse itself since they’re all friends now.
There is some talk that the Kavanaugh Court may reopen the whole issue of that “lazy” Congress essentially delegating the ability to legislate to Executive Branch agencies.
Far overdue IMHO.
Maybe they can get the SCOTUS to recuse themselves from every case!
Actually, among the world’s industrial countries, the USA is the most evironmentally sound countries even without all the BS from Paris and the UN...
Actually there really wasn’t much of a legacy to erase..
Other than the fact he had melanin ad curly hair... you have Obamacare... horrible economy, and the failure of embracing the Arab Spring and refusing to take ISIS seriously...
Obama never stood tall. Historically, he will be only remembered for his skin color and not much else.
That’s it! That’s going to be Schucky’s new talking point!
We are going to see a lot more of this kind of tripe from the media. Kavanaugh wrote over 300 opinions while on the appeals court and every time something comes before the Supreme Court that he wrote about and the Supremes either reject the appeal as in this case, or uphold his opinion, they will try to imply corruption because of Kavanaugh — and it will be done through innuendo and implication — but no fact. That’s the way the media and Dems operate.
IMPEACH KAVANAUGH NOW!!!
You could just hear a pin driop on the Rat world.
Yes. Folks who don't follow the court and understand the appeals process will be (purposefully IMO) erroneous conclusion that the court ruled against Kavenaugh's opinion, when in fact they upheld it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.