Remember when the Republicans complained about judicial interference? When they demanded that the Supreme Court interpret laws, not make them?
Those days are long gone. Now the Tea Party Five on the Supreme Court are acting as the judicial arm of the Republican Party. Yesterday they blocked the Obama administration’s efforts to combat global warming by regulating coal-fired power plant emissions.
The vote was 5-4. The ruling may affect the Paris Climate Change agreement of last December, since reduction of coal-fired plant emissions was a key feature. So not only are the Tea Party Five making legislation, they are making foreign policy.
Justice Scalia is always talking about original intent. I really don’t believe this is what the Founding Fathers had in mind.
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