USSC decisions

How far back do you think this court will go back? 1950s? 1900s? 1850s?

 

Will they try to force people to buy coal?
Will they use this to subsidize coal even more?

Rocket River

 

I guarantee that some states will turn around and mandate fossil fuels if they overturn the EPA rulemaking authority. We'll have 50 states with 50 different sets of emission standards on power plants. It'll be an absolute disaster.

 

Solar and wind are price competitive with fossil fuels. The main issue will be how to satisfy the base load when wind stops or there are clouds.

 

1550s

 

Breyer has to retire next year, yes?

Otherwise, it will be RGB scenario again

 

if only there were some sort of national nobody that could enact a common standard through legislation

 

what's the difference between rulemaking and legislating? and why might SCOTUS gave a concern about the former?

 

they enacted a dept to set that common standard

 

This court clearly favor State over Fed. If the court beat up on the EPA authority set by Congress, it won't just be fossil fuels fed regulation that is ditched, but everything that the EPA does including air and water baseline requirements. Will be a nightmare for our environment and the people.

 

Don't forget the birds....

 

Yes this will be a big problem. While federalism is important pollution doesn't usually stay within state borders and as a matter of Interstate Commerce the Federal government should be able to regulate pollution.

 

or the cancer.

 

who votes on the common standard?

 

It's part of this anti-administrative state and agency rule making movement that many judges are promoting called non-delegation. If overturned, alternative solutions would be to go the executive order route (everybody's doing it, lol), or actually have Congress pass new substantive bills (which won't happen).

 

1950's was a very progressive court. That one was on its way to see that poor people needed more protections until Nixon changed its makeup.