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“We do not decide whether DACA or its rescission are sound policies. We address only whether the agency complied with the procedural requirement that it provide
by nindalf 6y ago
“We do not decide whether DACA or its rescission are sound policies. We address only whether the agency complied with the procedural requirement that it provide a reasoned explanation for its action.” - Chief Justice Roberts
Trump's justification was "creating or maintaining the program was beyond the legal power of any president."
The SC wants a better justification.
- epistasis 6y agoThis sort of rank incompetence about executive power and legal justifications has been a persistent trend with the Trump administration. I've been following energy policy closely for a while, and despite appointing a head to the Department of Energy who said in his presidential campaign that he wanted to abolish the DoE, there has been almost no significant change in policy. There hasn't even been any policy on coal that could stand up to the least bit of scrutiny as being legal and authorized. If there was even a basic level of competence from Trump and appointees, we would be living in a far different nation by now.
- ceejayoz 6y agoJust a note: Coal's largely within the purview of the Department of the Interior. DOE is confusingly named.
- epistasis 6y agoThe DOE sets policies for the grid, however, and the only way coal could have survived is massive amounts of subsidies for burning coal, since it is no longer an economical way to generate electricity. Rick Perry met with coal execs, and ended up proposing extremely bone-headed rules for require long certain amounts of stored fuel (or something)which he thought would benefit coal. However the whole ordeal was too poorly defined to go forward. Fortunately, as it would have raised electricity prices for the benefit of more COPD deaths in the US.