Posted on 05/22/2025 8:32:39 PM PDT by bitt
Counter-correction: Trump’s regulations are all illegal and must be embargoed via injunction by overreaching, ambitious activist Federal (OAAF) Judges.
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Another meaning of OAAF
O bfuscating
A nti-American
A ggrenizing
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🌍 Jurisdictions Affected by the Overturn
States (11):
Colorado
Delaware
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
New Mexico
Plus:
District of Columbia
📚 Context & Implications
These jurisdictions, along with California, make up roughly 40% of national new vehicle sales
If Congress proceeds with the rollback, it would strip these states (and D.C.) of the ability to enforce stricter tailpipe and gas-car phase-out rules beyond federal standards
The measure now goes to President Trump’s desk, and California has announced plans to sue the federal government to challenge this move on legal grounds
⚠️ Legal & Economic Impacts to Track
Clean Air Act Waiver: California operates under a special EPA waiver allowing its tougher standards—Congressional action appears to revoke this
Automotive Market: Car manufacturers have planned around the ACC II rules. Overturning them would affect compliance pathways and ZEV credit markets in all 12 jurisdictions (CA + 11 states + D.C.)
Ongoing Litigation: California’s upcoming lawsuit will challenge the legality of undoing a Clean Air Act waiver via the Congressional Review Act—a legal precedent experts call “unprecedented”
yay :)
Whatare the odds of both of us posting “yay”?
It’s not a commonly used reponse :)
Of course mine was a subtle “yay” but a yay nonetheless.
Sometimes it just perfecly sums up what I am thinking :)
An Inconvenient Truth
While I support anything that puts another nail in the coffin of the GND it should be considered that if CA’a law is restricted to CA commerce only, there may be states rights (10th) issues here. I’m not sure that FedGov has the constitutional power to censure CA’s law.
That being said there are other ways that FedGov can pressure a state to behave like an adult.
Did the Auto-Pen sign that too?
“The vote is a significant loss for both California...”
But a victory for the free market.
Did Biden or the Autopen sign it?
From what I've read, it was a last minute EPA regulation...
Fixed it.
I would agree there should be NO mandate for EVs. California (for one) can’t supply the needed electricity or working charging stations. If they got it, the next mandate would be electric trucks (real bad idea). Soon the used lots would be crawling with EVs & mad customers. With a lot of EVs on California roads, don’t you you think there wouldn’t be some stranded on freeways with dead batteries or maybe fires? Why make problems even worse than they need to be?
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