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Three states challenged the administration’s “good neighbor” plan, meant to protect downwind states from harmful emissions.

- NY Times

Three states - Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia, along with energy companies and trade groups - challenged the federal plan directly in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. When a divided three-judge panel of that court refused to suspend the rule while the litigation moved forward, the challengers asked the Supreme Court to step in.

The four consolidated cases, including Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 23A349, reached the court by way of emergency applications, which are typically disposed of in summary fashion. The court’s decision to hear arguments in such a setting - about whether to grant a stay - was quite rare.

The majority SCOTUS judges don’t like government regulation – and they certainly don’t care about our lives, our liberties, or our pursuit of happiness – those protections belong to corporations and the wealthy one-percent.

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