This is a great example of how government is clunky and unadaptable. The court made the appropriate ruling for antiquated legislation and justice was not served.
Asides
It would be incredibly disrespectful to the legacy of Scalia, the intellectual anchor of originalism, to delay a Supreme Court nomination until the next presidency. It could not have possibly been the will of the founders to have a vacancy in the high court for eleven months to advance political ends.
Scalia
Why did the prohibition of alcohol sales take a constitutional amendment while the prohibition of all other drugs hasn’t?
Prohibition
“If workforce participation was as high as the day President Obama was inaugurated, unemployment would be 9.7%.”
Workforce Participation
For the first time since the statistic started being recorded, the US lost more businesses than it gained last quarter. It’s incredibly difficult to stop Americans from taking risks and producing wealth, but somehow it’s been done.
Americans and Wealth
So the EPA is going head and limiting carbon emissions on the basis of executive power. What would happen if companies challenged this rule in court? What basis would a court have to hold it up, since it has no basis in law?
