SUPREME COURT TO JUDGE OBAMA’S RIGHT TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
Justices to Take Up Climate Change Case Created by Gridlock
David Hawkings, October 15, 2013 (Roll Call)
“…At a time when there’s no chance Congress and the president will agree on any environmental legislation, the Supreme Court agreed to settle a benchmark question about federal powers to control pollution and climate change…The court said it would decide whether the Environmental Protection Agency is overstepping its legal authority by planning to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from factories and power plants that are the prime suspects of global warming...[T]he U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled unanimously last year that the agency was using its powers properly…[T]he Supreme Court will hear six different appeals of that decision…[A]t least four justices are willing to consider the possibility of overruling the lower court...The court will hear oral arguments early next year and rule by June 2014, four months before the midterm elections. A ruling that stops the EPA from stepping in so aggressively in the absence of legislation could propel environmental policy to an until-now-unexpected position of prominence in campaigns for control of Congress next year…” click here for more
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