The EPA does not make laws.
And congress does not have to provide funding for any enforcement
True, but regulations have the effectively same force of law.
“The EPA does not make laws.”
Here is my understanding of how it works. Congress passes a bill that, for example, all cars must get 50 miles per gallon by 2030. They assign the authority to write that law into regulations to the EPA (or other appropriate agency.) The EPA then generates a mountain of regulations that they feel will be needed to meet the intent of the law. Those regulations have the force of law. Violations of the law can be fined or involved prison terms, depending.
Violation of many regulations count as a criminal act. For example, I know someone who was cited for illegal burning. It was a criminal arrest. Had he paid the fine and the $1500 mandated “criminal intervention” program then the criminal part would be erased from his record. (Ultimately, it’s all about money.) He was unable to do so. The state took his driver’s license, which is how they motivate you to pay. He lost his job, his marriage and has been living on welfare ever since. This was about five years ago. The state now pays all his medical and his food.
The state is an uncaring, illogical monster.
This court, by the way was loaded by Harry Reid. IIRC, they added 2 judges to go from 9 to 11 to swing the balance there in the most important circuit court in the land. There is talk of reloading the court with another expansion.
What if the auto industry refused to comply ?...with DjT and a new EPA covering their back. ?
Exactly, one decree can be undone by another.
The Congress could have reined them in long ago but opted not to - hope that changes very soon.
6 MORE DAYS!!!
If you like your car.....you can keep your car.
I have heard it said many times that Donald Trump as president will have difficulty in unraveling the executive orders which obama has signed over the years.
I am at a loss to understand why something which is put in place with the signature of the president (EO) cannot just as easily be removed buy another executive order put in place by the new president. Perhaps someone can explain this to me?
HOOOOORAAAAY !!!!!
Somebody besides me knows that the EPA only writes REGULATIONS .. WHICH CAN BE AXED AT THE DROP OF A HAT.
I suspect Trump’s picks for these groups has been told: GET RID OF THIS JUNK REGULATION STUFF WHICH IS STIFFLING OUR ECONOMY.
In reality they do.. by fiat. That’s what all these damn regulations are and it’s not just the EPA it’s pretty much every damn governmental entity.