Obama Urges Court to Vacate AGW Decision. I Smell a Rat (or Two!)

Pajamas Media ^ | Aug 30, 2010 | Marlo Lewis

[Rashputin]

Okay, you get the point. The Obama brief does everything except point out the final absurdity: Because everybody directly or indirectly consumes fossil energy, everybody is both victim and perpetrator. The implicit message of the plaintiffs’ suit is not merely sue thy neighbor, but sue yourself!

Why then doesn’t Team Obama draw the obvious conclusion of its own argument and urge the Court to reinstate Judge Preska’s ruling? Why stop at the inherently provisional conclusion that the court of appeals should reassess its decision in light of prudential considerations?

Maybe the calculation is simply that the Supreme Court would be more likely to act on this advice than to overturn the appeals court’s decision.

However, consider what would happen if the Supreme Court were to rule that greenhouse gas regulation is a political question. Industry would no longer face the threat of interminable litigation, from a potentially limitless pool of plaintiffs, in which multiple courts, acting without benefit of statutory guidance, improvise remedies — both injunctive relief and damage awards — as they see fit. Thus, industry and pro-energy lawmakers would no longer view EPA regulation of greenhouse gases as the lesser of two evils. They could then challenge EPA regulation without fear of ending up with something even worse.

[Rashputin]

This administration doesn't know what to do when their extortion tatcitcs don't work or backfire. All they can think of to do is cut new words out of an old magazine and send another extortion demand. For all the legal degress floating around in the upper reaches of this gang of thugs, they're not that swuft when it comes to legal arguments.

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx !

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[SF_Redux]

simple answer, get rid of EPA ... problem solved

[Aevery_Freeman]

What! The whole reason that Obama was appointed President was to establish the Chicago Carbon Exchange (CCX).

If the necessary legislative framework cannot be forged, as it seems it may not, then it falls to the executive branch. Actually, any tyrant worth his salt would want it controlled by his own czar.

[G Larry]

Power and control!
Undermine American industry, the economy, and our place in the world.
All Obama policies have these common themes and objectives.

[Nachum]

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