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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaybe I am misconstruing the recent SCOTUS decision which drastically weakened the EPA.
Does it not essentially require that Congress micro-manage virtually all government actions on a daily basis?
As I understand their ruling, a regulatory agency may not now set any standards or impose any regulations that are not SPECIFICALLY imposed by Congress. They can't just authorize the EPA scientists to set standards for how much of a particular pollutant may be present in our water "using current scientific knowledge". The politicians in Congress must now decide precisely how many parts per million of, say, arsenic, may be in a municipal water supply.
Will Congress now decide which drugs are safe?
Which pesticides are ok for use by homeowners?
How about interest rates? Corporate mergers? Oil leases in Yellowstone?
Are all these not now subject to micromanagement by folks like Greene, Gohmert, Gaetz, Hawley and Cruz?
sop
(10,243 posts)Bluethroughu
(5,186 posts)Kochs just got a fucking win against humanity.
sop
(10,243 posts)Bluethroughu
(5,186 posts)Samrob
(4,298 posts)yonder
(9,674 posts)recommends grounding an unsafe aircraft?(think 737 Max) Do they have to wait for Congress to legislate the grounding?
Or
The Bureau of Reclamation determines a damn is in imminent danger of failing. Sit on their hands until Congress is able to able to act on opening the floodgates?
One could go on and on with examples. This ruling just doesn't make sense.
scarletlib
(3,418 posts)Corporate wet dream comes to pass. This is why Federalist Society bought and paid for the Supreme Court.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Hugin
(33,198 posts)However, we live in unreasonable land, where salmonella slider is setting meat quality standards.
modrepub
(3,502 posts)If that's the case then Congress needs to weigh in on a lot more important issues than they probably want to. Politicians mostly pass the buck rather than go out on a limb leavingthe hard decisions go to other folks.
Row v Wade was something Congress wanted no part of. Fat chance Republicans could carry that argument entirely through the legislation process. Legislating is hard unless there's an 5-alarm emergency happening. So Repubs got the SC to do their dirty work. We'll see in November if they've poked a hornets nest. If the economy (gas prices/inflation) wasn't bad, I'd think a blue wave would be almost a certainty.
Just my thoughts, for what they're worth.
Xoan
(25,323 posts)it's a cement mixer.
Hugin
(33,198 posts)Almost like kosher everything. If it doesnt have the seal, dont buy it.