Comments on: Questioning the Judges’ Judgement http://priceofoil.org/2006/11/30/questioning-the-judges-judgement/ Oil Change International campaigns to expose the true costs of oil and facilitate the coming transition towards clean energy. We are dedicated to identifying and overcoming political barriers to that transition. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:56:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Steve http://priceofoil.org/2006/11/30/questioning-the-judges-judgement/#comment-5755 Steve Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:43:35 +0000 http://priceofoil.org/2006/11/30/questioning-the-judges-judgement/#comment-5755 Happily, I suppose, it also seems that four justices had very little issue with standing, and that the swing vote lies with Justice Anthony Kennedy. What I find most interesting about all this is that the suit brought by Mass. et. al. was done long ago, prior to the recent Democratic shift in Congress. The Court may or may not find that Mass. has standing. But that was and is a back door approach to climate regulation. It seems certain that something will move through the current Congress on climate change - that something may be pathetically weak (see McCain Lieberman), but at least something is finally happenning through the front door of Congress. Happily, I suppose, it also seems that four justices had very little issue with standing, and that the swing vote lies with Justice Anthony Kennedy.

What I find most interesting about all this is that the suit brought by Mass. et. al. was done long ago, prior to the recent Democratic shift in Congress. The Court may or may not find that Mass. has standing. But that was and is a back door approach to climate regulation.

It seems certain that something will move through the current Congress on climate change - that something may be pathetically weak (see McCain Lieberman), but at least something is finally happenning through the front door of Congress.

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