Justice Scalia Makes Epic Blunder In Supreme Court Opinion
Sahil Kapur – April 30, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT
Talking Points Memo
Legal experts say Justice Antonin Scalia erred in his dissent in the 6-2 decision Tuesday to uphold the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate coal pollution that moves across state lines. The Reagan-appointed jurist argued that the majority's decision was inconsistent with a unanimous 2001 ruling which he mistakenly said shot down EPA efforts to consider costs when setting regulations.
The problem: the EPA's position in the 2001 case was exactly the opposite. The agency was defending its refusal to consider cost as a counter-weight to health benefits when setting certain air quality standards. It was the trucking industry that wanted the EPA to factor in cost. The 9-0 ruling sided with the EPA. The author of the ruling that Scalia mischaracterized? Scalia himself.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
MAYBE SCALIA SHOULD RETIRE INSTEAD OF GINSBURG
Over the lat two years, I've a few articlels that urge Justice Ginsburg to retire while Obama is still President but this blunder is so huge that I think Scalia should consider leaving:
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