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Or until the Court is packed, or until someone shoots up members of the Court, or whatever.

You're arguing for simply the ability to execute the will to power being the determinant of whether something is right or not. Which is entirely your prerogative, but you should be aware of what you're signing up for.




> You're arguing for simply the ability to execute the will to power being the determinant of whether something is right or not.

What is the function of the supreme court? (seriously, what do you think it's job is?)

It said congress didn't authorize this, ask them. I don't see how that's at all controversial.


> It said congress didn't authorize this, ask them.

They did. The House and Senate passed different language, and it never got reconciled.

"The first related to an oversight during the reconciliation of the Clean Air Act amendment in 1990 that resulted in the House and Senate versions of § 7411(d) to never be reconciled, and both versions were codified into the signed law. The House version had stated that because other parts of the Clean Air Act had covered regulation of carbon dioxide, the EPA could not use § 7411(d) to cover carbon dioxide emissions from existing plants, while the Senate version allowed for § 7411(d) to overlap carbon dioxide emissions coverage." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_v._EPA

Due to a fuckup, SCOTUS got to pick the side they preferred.




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