The Supreme Court loosed another opinion yesterday. This one involved the EPA and the way it regulates the private sector, specifically, electric energy plants.
This was the Supreme Court's primary objection to the Obama-era limitations on power plants: These limitations were never passed by Congress but imposed by decree. In this, SCOTUS identified a frightening trend that has been building for decades under both parties, and has worked to overcome it; what kind of policies we enact, and how draconian they should be, should be left to the people's representatives, the Court has ruled. Our legislative electeds may not always be the brightest bulbs, but that hardly matters. What matters is that they are accountable to us.
In short, SCOTUS told the EPA that they were over-stepping with their regulatory power. Major policy should be passed through Congress. The Greens, of course are in meltdown.
That is an excellent article by Newsweek.
ReplyDeleteIt is not the job of the EPA to set policy, that is the job of Congress and POTUS.
I'm hoping this will also have implications for BATFE and their "guidances" that carry force of law.
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