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Originally Posted by aceventura3
That as a given, there are those who do not want the EPA to have that power.
Do you have any concerns regarding the EPA exercising that power in a manner inconsistent with what is in the best interest of the environment and the country?
What if the next President appointed me as the head of the EPA, would you want me to have the power?
Assuming your answer is no to the last question, how would you want to control the EPA?
Perhaps a more narrow mandate from Congress, with defined minimum and maximum expectations?
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ace....you refuse to acknowledge the facts and persist with the same old fallacious arguments and "what ifs".
The EPA has the sole authority and obligation to implement the intent of the Clean Air Act by developing and implementing regulations, including as the Supreme Court made clear, regulating CO2 as a greenhouse gas.
If you or the Republicans in Congress or the Koch brothers or any interested party believe that EPA has exceeded its legal authority, the proper remedy is through the federal judiciary, not through bogus legislation to nullify the Court's '07 decision by rejecting any science with which you disagree.
In much the same manner as interested parties successfully took the Bush EPA to court for willfully ignoring the intent of the Clean Air Act by not developing regulations.
Its called checks and balances, ace, through the judiciary, just as the framers of the Constitution intended. That is how you address the excessive use of power if it exists.
And that is how the system works, not by saying "Fuck You" to the EPA and the US Supreme Court with bogus legislation if you disagree with their actions.
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It is a growing tactic of Republicans to attempt to circumvent or nullify court rulings they don't like though any means necessary rather than through the proper means to address an "alleged" excessive use of power by the executive branch.
In extreme cases, we are seeing Republicans calling for impeachment of judges, not for malfeasance, but simply because they disagree with a court's decision.
An appalling and willful ignorance of the rule of law.