Judicial Overreach

IBD ^ | November 16, 2007

[Kaslin]

Courts: The often-loopy 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is now giving orders to the White House. A three-judge panel ruled Thursday that federal fuel-economy standards for light trucks and SUVs must be tougher.

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The unanimous decision was made in favor of the 11 states, the cities of New York and Washington, and various environmental groups that sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over fuel-mileage standards issued last year.

Using the save-the-planet argument, the plaintiffs claimed corporate average fuel economy requirements should be higher. They dislike the federally mandated 1.5-miles-per-gallon increase to 24 miles per gallon for 2008 through 2011 model-year trucks.

Naturally, the complaint was based on the unnecessary, but still growing, fear that carbon dioxide emissions from autos — particularly the SUVs and light trucks that environmentalists are fixated on — are contributing to global warming.

With no deference to the checks and balances that were designed to keep the federal government from ruling like a tyrant — but an enthusiastic endorsement of a trendy, vacuous environmental movement — the appeals court panel ordered Washington to toughen the rules for the earliest possible model year.

[saganite]

The most overturned Federal court in the nation goes for one more reversal. Looking for the all time record no doubt.

[Defiant]

The 9th Circuit plays whack-a-mole with the Supremes. They know they can only whack down so many, and a few get through.

[joebuck]

When a Federal Court of Appeals is so transparently political in its decisions something is seriously wrong.

[M Kehoe]

Darn, who knew that the judicial branch of government was supposed to write laws? Learn something new every day.

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[boop]

"the appeals court panel ordered Washington to toughen the rules for the earliest possible model year."

This reminds me of that Kansas City judge who "ordered" a tax increase to build better schools for minority students.

[rolling_stone]

They need to move the 9th circuit office to the Northern Marianas Islands until the judges have actualy read the US Constituion.