"The [anti-EPA decision] is the product of a coordinated, multiyear strategy by GOP attorneys general, conservative legal activists and their funders to use the judicial system to…weaken the executive branch’s ability to tackle global warming."https://t.co/VIS0mKfZ4b
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) June 30, 2022
The Supreme Court’s EPA ruling could make it impossible for President Biden to meet his goal to cut U.S. pollution by half, experts said. https://t.co/KAyWaM63or
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 30, 2022
Justice Kagan: "The Court appoints itself—instead of Congress or the expert agency—the decision- maker on climate policy. I cannot think of many things more frightening. Respectfully, I dissent." https://t.co/L3sGnqB8Zg
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 30, 2022
The issue isn't just that the *current* Congress is subject to the filibuster-induced deadlock; it's that *no* Congress will ever have the *capacity* to regulate across every issue with the specificity that "major questions" requires. It's not pro-democracy; it's anti-regulation.
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) June 30, 2022
The Supreme Court fundamentally rewrote America's separation of powers in its big EPA decision, effectively placing the judiciary at the head of much of the Executive Branch of government.https://t.co/S9rvUwhKun
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) June 30, 2022
Sad! 