Supreme Court Rules On Major EPA Case With Roberts Writing For Majority

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday on a high-profile case centered on the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1422195
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Well, at least we have to breath the same air.

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Biden still has full control of the military. Blow up the coal mines.

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Yes, but what did the ruling say? Narrow? Broad? The background here is useful and well-presented, but it’s not so helpful to note that there was a decision without reportage of what the decision means. Thanks.

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So what did they rule? What a bizarre way to write a story.

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Ooops. Bet no one saw THAT coming.

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Substantive non-due process. Seems the Founders were smog fans and wanted us to all suffer COPD, emphysema and pulmonary adenocarcinoma. But none of that existed in 1789. That don’t stop Clarence and Crew from divining that the real plan was the destruction of the world.

Keep it up SCOTUS

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It’s a foot in the door ( the MO of Conservatives for years ) to allow further ruling that favor polluters and industry.

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Businesses are going full bore with clean energy technology, this is like ruling for the whaling industry in the 1930’s.

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I like to think I am not naive but I just don’t understand the GOP attitude towards the environment. These people have children and grandchildren. How can they just not care?

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They want the end times so they can all go to heaven and the libs can all go to hell.

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Forced birth, open carry for all, no regulation of greenhouse gases. As they say, pro-life is a lie, they don’t care if people die.

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Well what do expect from ( God fearing? ) people? Didn’t God say abuse my creation?

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It is in two parts:

  1. The elites in the party stand to make a lot of money from this sort of stuff. They believe that this money will allow them to insulate themselves from most/all of the environmental devastation that these policies will cause.

  2. The grassroots has been convinced - they truly believe - that this is all a hoax orchestrated by [insert your villain(s) of choice]. It is easy to not care when you really believe that the bad effects aren’t happening, aren’t going to happen, and anyone who says otherwise is whatever you hate.

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Answer: They love money and power* more than their children and granchildren.

*And possibly also owning the libs

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Hey blue states, keep your goddamn clean air out of my state!

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Not sure why the court even bothers with oral arguments, legal briefs, or long written opinions - the outcomes are predetermined and immutable. “Because we say so” is the bottom line.

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There was an ad on television last night for some snake-oil product that started with a statement that “Experts believe the first person to reach age 150 has already been born.” And my reaction was “What about all of us who aren’t Peter Thiel?” So anyway, congrats to the Supreme Court for arbitrarily picking and choosing whatever the Federalist Society’s funders are into or opposed to this week.

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Thomas has no kids and is hellbent on avenging his confirmation hearing. End of story.

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Ditto! Come on, Kate, more details, please.

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