Posted on 06/29/2021 8:36:29 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Tuesday removed a hurdle to the construction of a natural-gas pipeline through Pennsylvania and New Jersey, ruling the pipeline developer could invoke the power of the federal government to take state property needed for the project.
The court, in a 5-4 opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, rejected New Jersey’s challenge to the actions of the PennEast Pipeline Co., a joint venture of several energy companies that aims to build a 116-mile interstate pipeline.
Joining the chief justice were two fellow conservatives, Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh, and two liberals, Justices Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the lead dissenting opinion, joined by two other conservatives, Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, as well as Justice Elena Kagan, a member of the court’s liberal wing.
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Think buyDUNG EO to fix that. SCOTUS? As if this admin cares......................
I wish we could cut off various forms of energy to a select list of states
So doesn’t this also apply to Idiot Cuomo in NY? Didn’t he shut down a LNG pipeline?
Either New Jersey intended to block the pipeline to create a corrupt deal like the citizens of Massachusetts being forced to by natural gas by tanker from John Kerry’s crime syndicate or connected people in New Jersey wanted in on the pipeline action.
Yes, most likely.
Hmmm...
This is a toughy...
Back in the days of the Republic, it would have been simple to decide...
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