Jump to content

ChuckNorrisActionJeans

Certifiably Surly
  • Posts

    1703
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by ChuckNorrisActionJeans

  1. 19 minutes ago, HenryJames said:
      Reveal hidden contents

    Supreme Court Corrects EPA Opinion After Gorsuch Confuses Laughing Gas With Air Pollutant

    Alison DurkeeJun 28, 2024,

    Topline

    The Supreme Court issued a corrected version of its opinion in an environmental case Thursday after Justice Neil Gorsuch, who penned the court’s opinion, confused the air pollutant at issue with nitrous oxide—also known as “laughing gas.”

    Supreme Court Justice Neil GorsuchSupreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch

     

    Supreme Court Justice (then nominee) Neil Gorsuch [+] Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

     

    Key Facts

    The court revised its opinion in Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency, a 5-4 ruling released Thursday in which the court temporarily blocked an EPA policy requiring “upwind” states to reduce air pollution that travels down to “downwind” states and affects the air quality there.

    Gorsuch—and his clerks, who would have helped prepare the opinion—referred five times in his opinion to “nitrous oxide,” which is a greenhouse gas that’s more commonly known as an anesthetic and referred to as “laughing gas.”

    The opinion actually meant to refer to “nitrogen oxide,” an air pollutant that the EPA’s policy at issue was aimed at reducing.

    The court issued a corrected opinion that fixed the error throughout the ruling, after the mistake gained traction on social media.

    The mistake was seized on by critics of the court’s conservative majority, with writer Elie Mystal noting on X, “Remember folks, Neil Gorsuch thinks that he should have the final say on environmental regulations, not the experts at the EPA.”

    Get Forbes Breaking News Text Alerts: We’re launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day’s headlines. Text “Alerts” to (201) 335-0739 or sign up here.

    What To Watch For

    The court will continue issuing opinions on Friday and Monday before its term wraps up for the summer, with rulings still to come in cases on social media “censorship” laws, the power of federal agencies and whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal charges, among other cases. It’s still unclear if Monday will be the final day the court issues opinions, or if additional days will be scheduled.

    Surprising Fact

    Gorsuch’s mother, Anne Gorsuch Burford, previously led the EPA during Ronald Reagan’s presidency. She ultimately resigned from the position after a controversial two-year tenure that included massive budget cuts, slashing regulations and a scandal over the Superfund hazardous waste removal program that led to her being held in contempt of Congress.

    Tangent

    The court has issued multiple other revised opinions to correct errors this term, including on two other opinions that came out on Thursday alone. An opinion on Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement was edited to fix a typo in the name of the Sackler family, for instance, and an updated ruling on administrative law judges similarly revised multiple typos, including Gorsuch referring to the Securities and Exchange Commission as the Security and Exchange Commission.

    Key Background

    Gorsuch was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh in his opinion Thursday against the EPA’s “Good Neighbor” policy, while Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined liberal justices in dissenting. The EPA established its “Good Neighbor” policy as a way to improve air quality in downwind states, and while states were first able to submit their own policies to comply with the plan, the agency ruled in 2023 that 23 states’ plans were not adequate. The EPA thus imposed its own federal plan on those states to ensure they met the standards, leading states to go to court. The Supreme Court’s ruling blocks that federal plan from taking effect, meaning states don’t have to comply with the policy—but only while litigation over whether or not it’s lawful continues to play out, meaning it could still be implemented in the future. Gorsuch wrote for the court’s majority they were blocking the plan because they believed the states challenging it are likely to prevail in court—which Barrett disagreed with in her dissent, arguing the court’s argument for blocking the policy is “based on an underdeveloped theory that is unlikely to succeed on the merits.” If the “Good Neighbor” plan is allowed to take effect, the EPA projected it would prevent approximately 1,300 premature deaths in 2026 alone and cut emissions from power plants by 50% by 2027, compared with 2021 levels.

    Further Reading

    ForbesSupreme Court Temporarily Blocks EPA's Air Pollution Rule - What To KnowBy Alison Durkee Follow me on TwitterSend me a secure tip.

     

    Alison Durkee is a senior reporter covering breaking news, with a focus on legal

     

    IMG_6609.png

    Never forget -- the least legitimate member of the court in terms of how he came to the position.

    • Rage+1 1
  2. 56 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    I would never have guessed that we are in a world where one of the two major parties refuses to accept election results when they lose. I don't see them backing down from this opinion ever at this point. Not just with Trump but this will be their main talking point for the next generation.

    Cry fraud so they can commit fraud.  It's practically the whole of their strategy now.

    • Hook 'Em 3
    • Rage+1 2
  3. My kid was gifted a $75 Google Play code for his birthday from a family member. But we don't have any Android devices. Said family member would know this, but I digress. So far, haven't found anyone interested and swap/sell sites are sketchy and a pain in the ass... so asking here. 

    Would anyone want to swap this for some card they have and don't want? Or maybe buy it at a discount? Any other thoughts on how not to just waste it?

    TIA

  4. 24 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Good thing is that Trump can’t think past himself. He doesn’t think in terms of a thousand year reich, or even a lasting legacy. Such things don’t matter to him because he won’t get anything from them as he will be dead. 
     

    Any R elected to Pres in the foreseeable future will be all too happy to implement/let others implement the project 2025 agenda. That's the bigger picture and it all ends very badly because the R party is a treasonous cesspool. 

    • Hook 'Em 5
    • Rage+1 2
  5. On 5/31/2024 at 7:39 AM, nnm said:

    Wilford Brimley was only 49 when cast for Cocoon, and turned 50 during filming. 

    Wilford Brimley was born at the age of 48.

    • Haha 1
  6. 40 minutes ago, lucious leftfoot said:

    The world around us says that we should keep our beliefs to ourselves whenever they go against the tyranny of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

    This deserves the world's biggest eye roll. When will the straight, white Christian guys EVER catch a break??

    • Hook 'Em 4
    • Rage+1 1
  7. 13 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    I’m in OKC at the moment. Holy shit, this place is a singularity of MAGA idiocy. Our hotel has stacks of two newspapers out: the WSJ (fine) and…The Epoch Times. Fucking for real.
    The ads for the GQP congressional runoff are competing ads on who can suck Trump’s dick the hardest, and about who will be the most hardcore about protecting Oklahoma from the dirty Mexican horde.
    Oklahoma…still even dumber than Texas.

    Strangely (or not), Oklahoma seems to have more lesbian bars than just about anywhere (not that it's a thing that exists in great numbers...). Of course, lesbians exist across a broad range, like you'll have your country gals and military types who aren't necessarily progressive, or political, but still. It's an interesting dynamic to contemplate.

    https://www.tastingtable.com/1318400/oklahoma-epicenter-lesbian-bars-us/#:~:text=Anchored by the state's largest,newcomers Indigo Lounge and The

  8. 6 hours ago, Gap03 said:

    "Political beliefs"? 

    Fuck ALL the way off with that bullshit.

    Yep. Reminds me of:

    Help, I'm being persecuted for my beliefs!

    Really? Which ones, your belief in small government and fiscal responsibility?

    No, not those... the OTHER ones.

    • Haha 1
  9. TIL that an upside-down flag means you're actually a Patriot TM. 

    I had no idea that flying Old Glory upside down wouldn't get you an ass-kicking as a commie piece of shit

    • Hook 'Em 1
    • Like 1
    • Fuck You 1
  10. Wait, when did protestors at UT try to take over the campus?? Is that just NYT laziness trying to conflate all the protests at universities? 

    Also, I thought the trial court rejected the officer's claim that Garza tried to get a detective to withhold exculpatory evidence?  But then Abbott gets to state it as fact? wtf? I know, I know Brisket

×
×
  • Create New...