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Agreed. The US Congress can act when it wants to. The ACA passed, even if altered by subsequent legislatures. The problem the environmental contingent has is
by hcurtiss 5y ago
Agreed. The US Congress can act when it wants to. The ACA passed, even if altered by subsequent legislatures. The problem the environmental contingent has is that there is not the political will to move their highly controversial legislation, so they are looking to the judiciary to act instead. As I said above, that kind of activism without political recourse leads to some very negative outcomes.
- shkkmo 5y agoThe ACA is the exception that shows exactly how hard it is to pass such a bill. The ACA passed with 0 republican votes. It only passed because Democrats controlled the House, Senate, and Whitehouse. That still wouldn't have been enough (due to the filibuster), but the Democrats also had a big enough majority (60 of 100) in the Senate to override any filibuster. I do believe that if Democrats had that much political power today, we would see much more significant climate change billa being passed.