First, consider the following side note about the EPA. The states have never expressly constitutionally delegated to the feds the specific power to deal with environmental issues.
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.
The EPA is therefore an unconstitutional federal office imo.
As patriots support Trump in draining the unconstitutionallly big federal government swamp, Trump will need to do the following. He will need to work with the states to see if they want to police the environment themselves, or amend an environmental protection amendment to the Constitution to grant the feds the specific power to do so.
Regarding the EPA’s question to exployees, it is arguably a violation of the Constitution’s “no religious test" clause (6.3) imo. This is because the question may be an indirect way of asking if employees have religious convictions, a problem if the federal bosses in question are non-believers or pro-LGBT with an ax to grind.
Insights welcome.
The whole EPA is illegal because it is unconstitutional. Nowhere does the Constitution delegate enumerated power to the feds over the environment. Environmental issues are states’ issues.
Giving the feds that power would require more than just state assent. It would require a constitutional amendment, necessary for any change to the Constitution.
In the meantime...
NUKE THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL EPA!!!
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