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High Court’s Rare Ruling Signals Trouble for Obama

Via OneNewsNow: An attorney says he was surprised by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that halted enforcement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. The Obama administration wants to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants by about one-third by 2030, claiming it would help combat man-made climate change. But more than half the states, […]

Pulling the Plug on Obama’s Power Plan

Via The Wall Street Journal: President Obama’s Clean Power Plan is dead and will not be resurrected. The cause of death was hubris. As a result, the plan’s intended victims—including the national coal industry, the rule of law and state sovereignty—will live to fight another day. On Tuesday the Supreme Court put President Obama’s signature climate […]

A Supreme Carbon Rebuke

Via The Wall Street Journal:  When President Obama hasn’t had his way on climate, immigration and so much else, he’s rewritten the law and dared critics to stop him. Well, the Supreme Court has accepted his invitation with an extraordinary rebuke. On Tuesday the High Court put a legal stay on the Administration’s rules to control carbon […]

Daily Mail Editorial: Victory Against the Overreaching EPA

Via The Charleston Gazette-Mail: In an unexpected victory for the Constitution’s separation of powers concept, the U.S. Supreme Court put President Obama’s Clean Power Plan on hold — at least for now. Several of West Virginia’s elected officials, including Democratic Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, have fought the plan, saying […]

Obama/EPA Favorite Play Finally Stuffed

Via The West Virginia MetroNews: President Obama and his EPA have a favorite play when it comes to their green agenda; if you can’t get the people’s representatives to approve, just do it anyway. However, defenses are finally catching up to these unilateral end runs. Last March, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Michigan v. […]

Supreme Court Power Plant Stay A ‘Monumental Victory’ for the Rule of Law

Via BreitBart.com: West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says the Supreme Court’s decision to stay enforcement of the Obama administration’s “illegal” coal power plant regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency is an “unprecedented victory” for the rule of law. Morrisey and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are lead plaintiffs for the more than two dozen […]

Supreme Court Issues Stay on Clean Power Plan, Siding with Coalition of States

Via The West Virginia MetroNews: A blow to the Obama Administration’s and the federal EPA’s Clean Power Plan came down from the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. In a 5-4 decision, the Court issued a stay on the Power Plan, temporarily blocking its implementation while the case proceeds. State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey called the […]

Supreme Court Blocks Obama Plan on Coal Emissions

Via WSAZ: WASHINGTON (AP & WSAZ) — The Supreme Court has agreed to halt enforcement of President Barack Obama’s sweeping plan to address climate change by regulating emissions from coal-fired power plants until after legal challenges are resolved. The surprising move on Tuesday is a blow to the administration and a victory for the coalition […]

NMA Applauds High Court’s Stay of Clean Power Plan

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn issued the following statement following yesterday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to grant the applications of NMA, Murray Energy, states and other parties to stay the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan pending judicial review of the rule by the United States Court of Appeals […]

The Supreme Court Just Delivered A Crippling Blow To Obama’s Global Warming Agenda

Via The Daily Caller: The U.S. Supreme Court just delivered a major blow to President Barack Obama’s global warming agenda by halting the implementation of a key Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation on carbon dioxide emissions. The court won’t allow the EPA to implement its so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP), which aims to reduce carbon […]