Supremes have a huge important case coming up

[donsu]

that will show us whose side the are on re: saving the planet from global warming

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/08/opinion/08sat1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


Global Warming and the Courts


In a move that has caused both delight and apprehension among those who worry about global warming, the Supreme Court has agreed to rule next fall on whether the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The case is among the most important environmental disputes ever to come before the court.

The outcome will have much to say about whether the country will be able to act more aggressively on a problem with potentially grave consequences for the earth and its inhabitants. It could also determine whether states that have acted on their own to limit global warming emissions from vehicles — as California and 10 other states have done — can proceed without fear of a federal veto.

President Bush has advanced many reasons for not pressing for strong controls on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, power plants and other industrial sources. But his ace in the hole has been the claim that the federal government has no authority to regulate greenhouse gases.

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This is a case of global importance, not least because America's failure to act decisively has discouraged the rest of the world from acting decisively. On the face of it, the law plainly gives the government the power to regulate greenhouse gases. A ruling that tells the administration that it has that power does not mean that it will actually use it. But it will no longer be able to hide behind a legal fiction.
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let's see now - which Supremes are beholden to the oil and gas barons?......

[bluestateguy]

1. I've actually always been more of a fan of Martha and the Vandellas

The Supremes are only so-so in my book.

[calico1]

2. I liked Florence Ballard more than

Cindy Birdsong.:crazy:

[dipsydoodle]

6. Hmmm

Yes - I thought that was gonna be the subject matter as well. :)

[donsu]

3. joke all you want, this is still an important case

nt

[calico1]

4. It certainly is an important case and I

appreciate you posting a link to the article. I didn't mean it personally. Its just that whenever I see anyone refer to the Supreme Court as "The Supremes" I get a mental picture in my head of Diana Ross and the Supremes singing "Stop! In the Name of Love."

[Solo_in_MD]

5. Not cure SCOTUS will be able to do much with the law as written

and the current court is presumed to be one trying to limit the reach of the judicary. Be interesting to see how it comes out