Posted on 07/10/2022 12:55:42 PM PDT by Libloather
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to the executive branch’s ability to regulate carbon emissions, effectively insisting that Congress take back its jurisdiction over environmental regulations and muddying the legislative waters in the last crucial weeks of the summer session.
The court’s 6-3 decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency on June 30 set back President Joe Biden’s climate agenda by curtailing the EPA’s power over the energy sector’s greenhouse gas emissions, meaning Congress will likely have to pass these regulations. The Biden administration and Democratic lawmakers are desperate to pass some form of climate infrastructure bill as time runs out to tout Democratic-led accomplishments before the midterm elections.
Biden’s ambitious green energy program aims for 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035 and for half of new vehicles sold to be electric within the same time frame. He was working through the EPA to craft policies to forward this goal, but with the recent ruling, the administration will have to either get creative or collaborate.
With the Senate split 50-50 along party lines, any effort to impose these regulations must appeal across the Democratic spectrum. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is determined to make a deal to pass something that addresses the climate.
“Make no mistake — the consequences of this decision will ripple across the entire federal government, from the regulation of food and drugs to our nation’s health care system, all of which will put American lives at risk, making it all the more imperative that Democrats soon pass meaningful legislation to address the climate crisis,” Schumer said in a statement after the opinion came down.
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...when they'll either drive or fly home for some much needed air conditioning.
Didn’t Ted Danson say 30 years ago, that the Earth only had 10 years left.
““Make no mistake — the consequences of this decision will ripple across the entire federal government,” Schumer.
One can only hope.
There’s another problem for the Green Nude Eel here: if Congress passes sweeping laws requiring the closure of plants to fight “greenhouse gases” this SCOTUS is much more likely to rule these are takings. The Dems will then have to fund their fantasies instead of just mandating them.
Every agency needs their mission and size major altered.
As long as we are dreaming the impossible, how about just wishing they would be eliminated?
Most are not needed at all.
Does that mean we should kill more babies so not so many are at risk??
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
The Constitution is silent on the Democratic-manufactured global warming "crisis" (imo) like it is with the Democratic politically correct, vote-winning "right" to order unborn children.
"From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added]." —United States v. Butler, 1936.
So why did the Supremes not throw unconstitutional (imo) federal power to regulate carbon emissions out the window like it did with likewise unconstitutional federal pro-abortion support?
In other words, are the Supreme's possibly working in cahoots with the desperate, alleged election stealing elite Democrats to manufacture election year constitutional crises that give Democrats an excuse to pass more constitutionally indefensible regulations in the name of "rescuing" the country from their crises to try to get reelected?
Insights welcome.
And speaking of election year, Trump's red tsunami of patriot supporters are reminded that they must vote twice this election year. Your first vote is to primary career RINO incumbents. Your second vote is to replace outgoing Democrats and RINOs with Trump-endorsed patriot candidates.
Again, insights welcome.
I exhale CO2 on a regular basis.
Congress has no authority to prevent that.
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