Beam me to Planet Gore !
Now, I certainly invite any Constitutional law scholars out there to check my assumptions, but I think this is where we are:
Only Congress might presently act to withdraw authority from the agency through legislation - which they certainly will not do as long as the Democrats control the Senate. Otherwise,a specific challenge would need to be brought before the Supreme Court, invalidating the agency's power as an extra-Constitutional exercise of executive authority. But, given the expansive view the Court has long taken toward the Commerce Clause and toward executive prerogatives generally, I don't see that happening either.
So you guys are a normal court guided by principles of justice, until it comes to Obamacare or global warming.
Then you’re a panel of Stalinists.
I can’t say that I’m certain which side is right here. The argument seems to be whether states should enforce eco-fascism on us or whether that role should be left to the EPA.
What a pile of garbage.
Folks, take this as a positive: if the court is going to rule NO COURT can rule, then we have to change the legislative branch MASSIVELY, get them to REMOVE the EPA via law, then when the Marxists bring a lawsuit to reinstate the bureaucracy, use this case as precedent.
Mr. Restuccia should invest in a dictionary. That's not an adroit use of the word "enormity."
The US Supreme Court is selected by the dumbass presidents, who are elected by dumbass voters, then they are affirmed by the dumbass congressmen, also selected by the dumbass voters.
No matter how you approach the mess, the buck stops with the voters of this nation.
END THE EPA NOW.
They admitted they do not even consider jobs in their wrecking ball agneda.
Congress created this monster NOW they need to kill it.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg arguing for separation of powers?
Gimme a Break!!!
SCOTUS is right. It is the role of Congress, not SCOTUS to defund EPA, even abolish it for bad behavior.
Looks like the US Supreme Court may soon be declaring itself an enemy of the people of the United States and a protector of big government.
I have no legal background, so concerning this case, I’m not sure which group of lawyers are the best at making engineering decisions.
I, however, know a hell of a lot more about producing electricity than any non-producer government bureaucrat since making power is my field.
Unfortunately, there aren’t enough people in this country who understand that along with water vapor, CO2 is the product of perfect combustion, neither of which are pollutants.
Nitrous Oxides, Carbon Monoxide, Hydrocarbons, etc are true pollution, AND they can be reduced by proper control of the combustion process. It is actually beneficial to the power companies to reduce these emissions since it denotes incomplete combustion. You’ll have to burn more fuel to make the same amount of heat for the boilers; it’s less efficient for those plants to actually pollute the air.
Carbon Dioxide on the other hand, can not be reduced by tighter controls. It’s the result of complete combustion. The only way to reduce CO2 of a plant is to make less electricity.
What the populous doesn’t seem to grasp is that the power companies don’t make excess electricity and stockpile it in a warehouse somewhere. The power produced is consumed within a blink of an eye, and the amount the plants make is a direct result of what the people are consuming at that instant.
Since the US gets over 70% of its electricity from fossil fuels, reducing CO2 means either turning off your A/C, TV, computer, space heaters, subways, lightbulbs, ipod chargers, phone chargers, Nissan Leaf/Chevy Volt chargers, washers & dryers, refrigerators, hair dryers, etc., or building another 400 nuclear plants on top of the 104 we have.
What the bureaucrats propose is not as easy as checking the air pressure in your tires every week, bringing a tote bag to the grocery store, drinking tap water instead of bottled, or changing your company logo color to green on Earth Day. It’s a complete change of our lifestyle.
Since there is no such thing as human caused climate change, we are living through an Orwellian nightmare. From which we may not awaken.
Lock and load folks. They re are coming for your CO2.
Since there is no such thing as human caused climate change, we are living through an Orwellian nightmare. From which we may not awaken.
Lock and load folks. They are coming for your CO2.
Says the activist judge. What utter BS.
Judges routinely set aside laws and policy when they don't agree with them.
Here’s the plan: the Supreme Court rules that the EPA controls, and then Congress (in 2013) defunds and disbands the EPA. Yay! Game over.