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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 02:02 PM
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Breaking: SCOTUS To Hear Global Warming Case
Breaking: SCOTUS To Hear Global Warming Case
by a gnostic
Mon Jun 26, 2006 at 10:48:05 AM PDT
This is a BIG DEAL.

The EPA could be required to regulate carbon dioxide if the Conservative 5 Supremes rule on this with their consciences, if they think about THEIR children's futures, if they can move beyond special interest influences and DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

Again, this is a BIG DEAL:


Supreme Court to hear Bush environment case

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether the Bush administration must regulate carbon dioxide to combat global warming, setting up what could be one of the court's most important decisions on the environment.

The decision means the court will address whether the administration's decision to rely on voluntary measures to combat climate change are legal under federal clean air laws.

"This is the whole ball of wax. This will determine whether the Environmental Protection Agency is to regulate greenhouse gases from cars and whether EPA can regulate carbon dioxide from power plants," said David Bookbinder, an attorney for the Sierra Club.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_greenhouse_gases;_ylt=AgOV2R8un34cEW4f02DCcbys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-


http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/6/26/13486/0029
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 02:05 PM
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1. This is the wrong court to be hearing this.
They'll rule in favor of the current administration's position.
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smtpgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 02:18 PM
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5. Ding! Ding! Ding!
That is exactly what will happen.

Alito has "broken" the tie for two of the SC cases heard so far.

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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 02:05 PM
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2. Boy do these guys hate AND FEAR Al Gore!
Would SCOTUS have agreed to take up this case if there hadn't been "An Inconvenient Truth"?? I wonder ...
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 02:05 PM
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3. Gee, wonder if all this FUCKING RAIN is finally getting to them???
It's like Irish spring on steroids in the east; the west is ablaze, and where is my goddamn summer?

Maybe if they have to take a damn boat to work, they'll start to have a clue.
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 02:07 PM
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4. The SCOTUS are not scientists and should not be ruling on this.
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Everything about our government is just completely WRONG.
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 02:23 PM
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6. Nature was heard saying "Well, I was going to raise sea levels 20 ft."...
but, If the Supreme Court rules otherwise, I'll have no choice but to reverse my decision and comply."

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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 04:16 PM
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7. a VERY big deal. K&R. Now on CNN (link)
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