Why does the Supreme court have to tell the EPA what to do?
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Because the Supreme Court has decided to throw out the constitution and separation of powers. The have actually decided that CO2 is a pollutant. Its the silliest thing I've ever heard.
To answer your question you have to understand that the EPA is driven politically.
So who tells the EPA what to do? If you're neighbor is upset at you because your car is noisy. Can you neighbor tell the EPA to cite you for noise pollution? No. Why not? Well EPA would need congress to to provide a mandate, a law, instructing it to go after noise pollution. Then the heads of the EPA (administrators, and regional administrators) are political appointees by the Executive Office (president's office) who helps set some of the targets, and implementation criteria (objectives and funding) for doing its mandate.
In the situation you mention there was the Clean Air Act which gave the EPA a mandate on air pollution. Should that include carbon dioxide? Well since carbon dioxide is natural and not toxic, most scientists don't consider carbon dioxide to be a pollutant. But carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and associated with global warming. Environmentalist would love the EPA to enforce Clean Air Act rules to carbon dioxide. So it had to go to the Supreme Court to decide.
The Supreme court doesnt do that. They just tell the EPA what they cant do.
the EPA is under the juristiction of the supreme court, so the EPA has to take orders from them.
Do they I didnt realize this!
Seperation of powers.
Aint it wonderful.
If something the EPA does is unconstituitonal yer out of hear.
I don't know, but have you tried checking wikipedia?
The EPA is a government agency that protects the government from it's overzealous citizens.
It's like the FDA which protects big food conglomerates from having to put truth on labels.
So the court is there to make sure they are directing their agencies to protect the "right" people.
If they didn't, there might be protections for (God forbid)citizens .
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