Supreme Court Says Clean Air Trumps State's Rights in Upholding EPA Rule

[Oldgamer]

News link here

In a victory for environmentalists and the Obama administration, the Supreme Court today ruled to uphold the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule set by Obama’s EPA in 2011. The rule requires 28 states to reduce power plant emissions that can negatively affect the air quality in neighboring states. Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the majority opinion in the case. The Court ruled 6-2 in favor of the rule with Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagen, Roberts and Kennedy joining Ginsburg in supporting the EPA mandate. Justices Anton Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented from the majority, arguing that the court’s decision ”feeds the uncontrolled growth of the administrative state at the expense of government by the people.” Read the rest on the site...

 

[Jaskalas]

Least we are crystal clear on who to blame if there are blackouts. Congress / Bush gave Obama / EPA full authority on this matter.

 

[Thebobo]

Least we are crystal clear on who to blame if I die of Asthma, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, Lung cancer, Small cell lung cancer or chronic heart disease.

Not to mention the plants and animals that we feed off of.

 

[Jhhnn]

Least we are crystal clear on who to blame if there are blackouts. Congress / Bush gave Obama / EPA full authority on this matter.

Hostages! Righties love taking hostages! And extortion, the best part!

Oh Goodie!

 

[werepossum]

Good decision. Would that SCOTUS had similarly acted when Algore was protecting the North Carolina paper mill that regularly turned the Pigeon River interesting colors. Or was that the French Broad . . .

 

[etrigan420]

Scalia and Thomas are like Abbott & Costello...except they're both the dumb fat one.

:|

 

[Jhhnn]

Good decision. Would that SCOTUS had similarly acted when Algore was protecting the North Carolina paper mill that regularly turned the Pigeon River interesting colors. Or was that the French Broad . . .

Ooooh! Oooooh! Diversionary slime attack!

Polluters, serial rapists and every other miscreant deserves their day in court & legal representation.

This is America, right?

 

[brycejones]

There is no right to clean air. I am tired of this activist court.

I am going to start burning coal in the fireplace and dumping the ash in the river to get back at these Eco kooks. /s

 

[Anarchist420]

makes me mad because the epa encroaches on States' rights, causes a shitload of public debt, increases prices, all while the u.s.g. is the biggest polluter on the planet.

 

[ivwshane]

makes me mad because the epa encroaches on States' rights, causes a shitload of public debt, increases prices, all while the u.s.g. is the biggest polluter on the planet.

Lol wut?!

 

[brycejones]

makes me mad because the epa encroaches on States' rights,

Well SCOTUS just said no they don't. That must really suck for you.

 

[Incorruptible]

EPA needs to be abolished and does a lot of harm killing jobs.

 

[sandorski]

There is no right to clean air. I am tired of this activist court.

I am going to start burning coal in the fireplace and dumping the ash in the river to get back at these Eco kooks. /s

Buy a Hummer and switch it to a coal burning Steam engine too!!

 

[Sonikku]

EPA needs to be abolished and does a lot of harm killing jobs.

This. If we just got rid of environmental laws and let the businesses do what they want we'd been having an economic boom just like China is.

 

[Victorian Gray]

EPA needs to be abolished and does a lot of harm killing jobs.

Exactly, If you can't see the air you're breathing something is wrong!

Good times!

 

[Incorruptible]

Exactly, If you can't see the air you're breathing something is wrong!

Good times!

Agree.

 

[werepossum]

Exactly, If you can't see the air you're breathing something is wrong!

Good times!

LOL We in the tiny towns had much that same saying about Chattanooga in the sixties and seventies. "They don't trust air they can't see."

 

[brycejones]

EPA needs to be abolished and does a lot of harm killing jobs.

How about trying to build a case with evidence instead of a one sentence rant? This is why people believe you are a troll. Because you post like one.

 

[Incorruptible]

How about trying to build a case with evidence instead of a one sentence rant? This is why people believe you are a troll. Because you post like one.

Why? So you can mock me and troll? You're not interested in debate but just attacking me.

 

[brycejones]

Why? So you can mock me and troll? You're not interested in debate but just attacking me.

So you're afraid you can't build a case to support your position? That's a pretty weak argument.

 

[Incorruptible]

So you're afraid you can't build a case to support your position? That's a pretty weak argument.

No, Almost anytime I post you and your ilk come and attack me.

 

[brycejones]

No, Almost anytime I post you and your ilk come and attack me.

Post more than one liners and stop telling people to STFU and constantly calling them idiots and morons. You've earned the way you're treated. Want to be treated differently you need to start acting differently.

I would say 80% of the time you're the first one to lob the personal attack.

 

[OutHouse]

EPA needs to be abolished and does a lot of harm killing jobs.

yea the good ole days of rivers on fire are no more. DAMN YOU EPA!!

 

[Orignal Earl]

No, Almost anytime I post you and your ilk come and attack me.

I hear you foreign temp workers have been stealing jobs from little old ladies.
Have you no shame? Go back to America

 

[theeedude]

Somehow I knew that Thomas and Scalia would be the two dissenters.