BREAKING: Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether to limit EPA's authority to regulate carbon emissions from power plants
In both these cases the Supreme Court is hearing cases involving federal regulations issued by the previous administration that were thrown out by lower courts and that the current administration has no intention of pursuing. The court in the past would generally avoid such cases
Biden travels to the COP26 global climate talks in two days.
The Supreme Court's involvement could stymie his administration's effort to curb carbon emissions from power plants
The Supreme Court's involvement could stymie his administration's effort to curb carbon emissions from power plants
There's a long history here. One of Justice Scalia's last judicial acts was to cast a vote to block Obama's Clean Power Plan back in 2016. It never went into effect, giving Trump the chance to issue a deregulatory replacement plan
reuters.com/world/us/us-su…
reuters.com/world/us/us-su…
Trump's replacement plan was also tossed out and the Supreme Court, somewhat surprisingly, is hearing industry/state appeals of that decision despite the fact Biden admin wants to come up with its own version
U.S. Supreme Court to hear bid by coal companies and Republican states to curb federal power to limit carbon emissions reuters.com/world/us/us-su…
.@jadler1969 says climate regs case
"could well become one of the most significant environmental law cases of all time," esp if the court looks more broadly at how Congress delegates its power to federal agencies
reason.com/volokh/2021/10…
"could well become one of the most significant environmental law cases of all time," esp if the court looks more broadly at how Congress delegates its power to federal agencies
reason.com/volokh/2021/10…
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