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The Supreme Court just took a case on the EPA’s authority. Its decision could undo most major federal laws.
Washington Post ^ | Oct 29, 2021 | Pamela Clouser McCann, Charles R. Shipan

Posted on 10/30/2021 7:54:06 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate power plant emissions, in a case that legal scholars say could undermine Congress’s constitutional authority to delegate power to federal agencies. Some argue that such regulation — not just by the EPA, but in President Biden’s vaccine mandate as well — is unconstitutional because of a somewhat arcane legal doctrine called the “nondelegation doctrine.” This theory holds that Congress cannot delegate broad policymaking authority to government agencies.

Why does this argument matter? Our research finds that if the Supreme Court were to invalidate either the EPA’s authority or the vaccine mandate under this doctrine, it might unravel nearly every major law Congress has passed since World War II. Nearly every one of these laws involves delegating authority to U.S. agencies.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: congress; energy; epa; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; nondelegation; power; powerplants; production; scotus; scotusepa
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SCOTUS is too cowardly to overturn and hamstring the runaway Government. Thomas and Alito might, but the rest will continue to support big government.
1 posted on 10/30/2021 7:54:06 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Compost sounds skeert.


2 posted on 10/30/2021 7:55:25 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I’m sure the Supreme Court will get the message to come to the “correct” decision.


3 posted on 10/30/2021 7:58:54 AM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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"if the Supreme Court were to invalidate either the EPA’s authority or the vaccine mandate under this doctrine, it might unravel nearly every major law Congress has passed since World War II. Nearly every one of these laws involves delegating authority to U.S. agencies."

So what's the downside?

4 posted on 10/30/2021 7:59:14 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

it might unravel nearly every major law Congress has passed since World War II.
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The Supreme Chickens will not do it for exactly this reason.

They are there to protect Fedzilla.


5 posted on 10/30/2021 7:59:36 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: seowulf

How many hostages among the SC immediate families? And how many dirty secrets? How many false dirty secrets?

Add it all up, it sure outnumbers two (Alito and Thomas).


6 posted on 10/30/2021 8:00:48 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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SCOTUS is too cowardly to overturn and hamstring the runaway Government.

You have go that right... Kavanaugh and Barrett are huge disappointments. The left has some type of hold on them.

7 posted on 10/30/2021 8:01:08 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Anyone who expects that to happen is too dumb to breathe.


8 posted on 10/30/2021 8:02:12 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: fireman15

SCOTUS will do nothing of any value. Notice you don’t hear any talk about “packing” the court? There is no need to with these clowns on the bench.


9 posted on 10/30/2021 8:02:45 AM PDT by RBW in PA
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I hope so since most major federal laws along with most of the feds themselves, are unconstitutional.

Continuing to pray that the Almighty Hand of the Divine Providence of our Lord God will tear down the unconstitutional (tyrannical) portion of the feds and build back up our Free Constitutional Republic.

I don’t care how he does it whether via the Court or another rebellion of Patriots, but one way or the other tearing down the unconstitutional part of the feds and rebuilding our Free Constitutional Republic MUST HAPPEN for our restoration and MAGA.


10 posted on 10/30/2021 8:03:32 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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This is the heart of unelected bureaucrats running the country.


11 posted on 10/30/2021 8:04:03 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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Its decision could undo most major federal laws.

Paving the way for Devolution, as described quite eloquently and thoroughly by Kash Patel.

Devolution Part 1 - How did we get here?

12 posted on 10/30/2021 8:06:17 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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They took this case.

The case is mostly about the Court giving the EPA blanket power over everything in 2007.

The EPA ruled CO2 was a "pollutant" because of "climate change". Essentially that meant they had the power to regulate all aspects of existence.

This could reverse that.

13 posted on 10/30/2021 8:07:16 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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There is no enumerated power for the EPA.


14 posted on 10/30/2021 8:08:18 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: fireman15

Barrett’s way too into stare decisis to overturn this.


15 posted on 10/30/2021 8:08:43 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Howzabout scotus? They exercise far more power than the Constitution allows. We’re going to have to deal with the black-robed class as well.


16 posted on 10/30/2021 8:09:35 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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17 posted on 10/30/2021 8:11:15 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Nameless, faceless, unaccountable bureaucrats making up law for everyone in the the nation , how could that possibly be unconstitutional? /s
18 posted on 10/30/2021 8:11:26 AM PDT by Nateman (If the Left is not screaming , you are doing it wrong.)
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19 posted on 10/30/2021 8:12:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Rurudyne

“Arcane.” To the extent that we teach government at all, we teach children the lie that there are three branches of government. There are actually four, and the administrative exercises powers assigned to the other three will little check or balance


20 posted on 10/30/2021 8:13:37 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (20 years on Free Republic, 12/10/20! More than 3700 replies and still not shutting up!)
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