{"id":1533490,"date":"2022-06-30T11:34:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T15:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1533490"},"modified":"2022-06-30T11:34:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T15:34:10","slug":"supreme-court-strikes-blow-to-administrative-state-narrows-epa-authority-to-cap-carbon-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-strikes-blow-to-administrative-state-narrows-epa-authority-to-cap-carbon-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Strikes Blow To Administrative State, Narrows EPA Authority To Cap Carbon Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-strikes-blow-to-administrative-state-narrows-epa-authority-to-cap-carbon-emissions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1533490&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2428323462_0fd52b670f_k-e1656600080379.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Supreme Court restricted the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) authority to cap carbon emissions on Thursday in another landmark ruling to end a historic term. <\/p>\n<p>In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in <em>West Virginia v. EPA <\/em>that the independent administrative agency does not possess the unilateral rule-making authority to implement emissions limits on existing power plants. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCapping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible \u2018solution to the crisis of the day,&#8217;\u201d Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/21pdf\/20-1530_n758.pdf\">majority opinion<\/a>. \u201cBut it is not plausible that Congress gave EPA the authority to adopt on its own such a regulatory scheme. \u2026 A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an agency acting pursuant to a clear delegation from that representative body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett each voted in favor with Roberts. Gorsuch filed a concurring opinion, and Justices Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor filed a dissent. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress charged EPA with addressing those potentially catastrophic harms,\u201d the dissenting justices wrote on the consequences of a changing climate, \u201cincluding through regulation of fossil fuel-fired power plants. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Clean Air Act directs EPA to regulate stationary sources of any substance that \u2019causes, or contributes significantly to, air pollution\u2019 and that \u2018may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare,\u201d the dissenting justices added. \u201cCarbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases fit that description.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The case was brought to the high court from Republican-led states and coal companies to challenge the Obama administration\u2019s Clean Power Plan (CPP), which was previously stayed by justices. President Donald Trump replaced the CPP under his administration with the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, and the Biden White House is in the process of writing new regulations. <\/p>\n<p>While Roberts\u2019 majority ruling restricted EPA authority to restrict carbon emissions under the plan, the court made no reference to <em>Chevron U.S.A v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc<\/em>., a 1984 case that developed the \u201cChevron deference.\u201d The Chevron deference allows courts to defer to a federal agency\u2019s interpretation of the statutes they administer so long as Congress\u2019s intent in the statute is deemed ambiguous and the agency\u2019s interpretation of the statute is reasonable.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court restricted the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) authority to cap carbon emissions on Thursday in another landmark ruling to end a historic term. 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