West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency

5-4

Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

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🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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John Roberts has decided that the standard for whether or not something is a "major question" is whether or not it "raises an eyebrow." But like, let's not beat around the bush, John - you can just say vibe check.

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0:00.0	We'll hear argument this morning in case 2015-30 West Virginia versus the Environmental Protection
0:06.0	Agency and the consolidated cases.
0:10.0	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologg Projects.
0:16.5	On this week's episode of 5-4, Peter, Riannan and Michael are talking about West Virginia
0:22.0	the EPA.
0:23.8	In this case, the Supreme Court took up whether or not the EPA has the right to favor cleaner
0:28.8	energy sources under the Obama administration's clean power plan.
0:33.1	But kind of like the quirky thing about this is it's connected to policies that are not
0:39.7	even in place right now, right?
0:42.0	Exactly.
0:43.0	The policy was immediately challenged in court by the energy lobby and when the Trump administration
0:46.9	came into office, it was abandoned.
0:49.2	The court heard the case anyway, despite the issue being moved and ruled against the
0:54.3	EPA.
0:55.8	This is 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
1:07.4	Welcome to 5-4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have washed away
1:13.1	our civil rights, like the ocean will wash away our beachfront properties.
1:17.3	I'm Peter, I'm here with Riannan.
1:20.4	Hey, hello.
1:21.6	And Michael.
1:22.6	Hey everybody.
1:23.6	Yeah, I like to imagine that if I do have kids one day, I can like take them snorkeling
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