E.P.A. Ruling Is Milestone in Long Pushback to Regulation of Business

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/30/us/supreme-court-epa-administrative-state.html
https://archive.ph/IuuDh

E.P.A. Ruling Is Milestone in Long Pushback to Regulation of Business
The decision created greater opportunities for business interests to challenge regulations, reflecting conservative legal theories developed to rein in administrative agencies.
By Charlie Savage
June 30, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruling in the Environmental Protection Agency case on Thursday was a substantial victory for libertarian-minded conservatives who have worked for decades to curtail or dismantle modern-style government regulation of the economy.

In striking down an E.P.A. plan to reduce carbon emissions from power plants, the court issued a decision whose implications go beyond hobbling the government’s ability to fight climate change. Many other types of regulations might now be harder to defend.

The ruling widens an opening to attack a government structure that, in the 20th century, became the way American society imposes rules on businesses: Agencies set up by Congress come up with the specific methods of ensuring that the air and water are clean, that food, drugs, vehicles and consumer products are safe, and that financial firms follow the rules.

Such regulations may benefit the public as a whole, but can also cut into the profits of corporations and affect other narrow interests. For decades, wealthy conservatives have been funding a long-game effort to hobble that system, often referred to as the administrative state.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. They told us and pushed this as far back as 2008

"The US will have to accept more pollution" said a story on NYC radio. Don't recall where I heard it.

[SharonAnn]

2. Oligarchs and corporations rule!