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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by colinmhayes on Thursday June 30, 2022 @11:36AM (#31933991)
Congress giving the EPA which is staffed by domain experts the ability to decide how much pollution is acceptable is a good thing actually. Why should congressmen be expected to figure that out?
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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by lolinder on Thursday June 30, 2022 @11:46AM (#31934173)
And the court didn't rule that Congress can't do that, the court ruled that Congress didn't do that. Congress can absolutely go write a law giving the EPA that authority, and they should. But if that's not what the law says, then that's not what the EPA can do.

We can't be opposed to police creatively interpreting laws to target minorities and be okay with the EPA creatively interpreting laws to target fossil fuel companies. Just because the latter is in the service of a good cause doesn't make it legal. The ends do not justify the means--down that way lies peril.

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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by InTheArena on Thursday June 30, 2022 @11:59AM (#31934434)
The police have decided that the best way to fight crime is to track my phone and every text message at every time. After all, they are the experts!
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