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2007-04-02 Fifth Column

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2007-04-02 15:34|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "A well-documented rise in global temperatures has coincided with a significant increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Respected scientists believe the two trends are related," Associate Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in the majority decision.

Last I checked Justice Stevens's job was interpreting constitutionality, not scientific plausibility. Or did I miss something in Civics class?

Posted by xbalanke 2007-04-02 15:54|| 2007-04-02 15:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, you remember the item in the bill of rights about living in a clean* environment?

*as defined by liberals

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-04-02 15:57|| 2007-04-02 15:57|| Front Page Top

#3 5th Column would be correct in this case, AP. Good job.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2007-04-02 16:19|| 2007-04-02 16:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Justices Stevens, David Souter, Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg formed the majority opinion.

"Hey! Whadabout me? I care deeply about Global Climate Change, too!" -- Anthony Kennedy

Posted by eLarson 2007-04-02 16:27|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-04-02 16:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Justice Scalia sums it up in the last paragraph of his dissenting opinion:

The Courts alarm over global warming may or may not be justified, but it ought not to distort the outcome of this litigation. This is a straightforward administrative-law case, in which Congress has passed a malleable statute giving broad discretion, not to us but to an executive agency. No matter how important the underlying policy issues at stake, this Court has no business substituting its own desired outcome for the reasoned judgment of the responsible agency.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-04-02 16:40|| 2007-04-02 16:40|| Front Page Top

#6 How do you regulate the major by-product of an internal combustion engine? Sorry, your Suburban has to go because it's making too much CO2. Go get a Fiat Punto to replace it and come back to try again. More likely they will go for quotas on sales, or push mass transportation.

Oh my, did I just stumble upon some environmentalist's ulterior motive here?

Who is pushing for CO2 to be regulated? What are they trying to accomplish?

Posted by gorb 2007-04-02 17:01|| 2007-04-02 17:01|| Front Page Top

#7 So, elminate the EPA as it is an Executive agency, and once gone, it's no longer a problem.

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2007-04-02 18:38|| 2007-04-02 18:38|| Front Page Top

#8 "Who is pushing for CO2 to be regulated?"

Watermelon environmentalists-- green on the outside, red on the inside.

"What are they trying to accomplish?"

Two things. One, they're trying to get Americans to accept higher levels of government interference-- MUCH higher levels-- in their lives, so that still-greater intrusions can be perpetrated in the future. And they believe this contrived climate-change "emergency" is the perfect vehicle for achieving that.

And second, they're trying-- as usual, due to their "zero-sum" concept of wealth-- to punish America for being prosperous by obligating it to pay taxes to "poor" nations in the form of carbon credits.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2007-04-02 19:07|| 2007-04-02 19:07|| Front Page Top

#9 In his dissent, Roberts focused on the issue of standing, whether a party has the right to file a lawsuit.
The court should simply recognize that dealing with the complaints spelled out by the state of Massachusetts is the function of Congress and the chief executive, not the federal courts, Roberts said.
He said his position "involves no judgment on whether global warming exists, what causes it, or the extent of the problem."
The court should simply recognize that dealing with the complaints spelled out by the state of Massachusetts is the function of Congress and the chief executive, not the federal courts,
Here is another prime example of a court making legislative and executive descisions. If it was up to the liberal judges there would only be one branch of government, the Judicial.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2007-04-02 19:16|| 2007-04-02 19:16|| Front Page Top

#10 How do you regulate the major by-product of an internal combustion engine?

Never mind that, how do you regulate the major by-product of our continued life?!

ISTR reading in the late '80s that Germany had passed a "radioactive waste" law with levels set so low the average human body qualified. How long until we get that crazy with our fear of CO2?

Let's not even talk about methane...

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2007-04-02 20:22|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-04-02 20:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Silentbrick has the solution.

Posted by Thrating Hatfield2271 2007-04-02 20:22|| 2007-04-02 20:22|| Front Page Top

#12 Silentbrick has the solution.

And the left has already mapped out how to eliminate the EPA, as well as Public Broadcasting: slow bleed it...

Posted by badanov 2007-04-02 20:35|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2007-04-02 20:35|| Front Page Top

#13 perhaps the CO2 output of 4 SCOTUS judges should be curtailed?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-04-02 21:00|| 2007-04-02 21:00|| Front Page Top

#14 and no, that wasn't a hit request, just sarcasm.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-04-02 21:01|| 2007-04-02 21:01|| Front Page Top

#15 In honor of SCOTUS, I release my maximum allotment of methane in their general direction. To support Massachusetts' and others wise decision, Texas should stop shipping petroleum and natural gas to them.

Posted by ed 2007-04-02 21:12|| 2007-04-02 21:12|| Front Page Top

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