I'm actually no fan either of "state's rights", at least that form of the doctrine which is often argued by the right wing when it proves convenient. Conservatives often don't hold the line on much of what they claim to believe. Daryl Cagle's take on Scalia voting against medical marijuana is just one example. Here they go again ...EPA Chief Denies Calif. Limit on Auto Emissions: Rules Would Target Greenhouse Gases came out today from the WaPo's Juliet Eilperin yet the coverage was everywhere. At the start of her reporting we learn EPA head honcho Stephen L. Johnson overruled "the unanimous recommendation of the agency's legal and technical staffs." In her piece I noted much yet this surely stands out:
The auto industry had also lobbied the White House and EPA to block the California regulation, and the Detroit News reported that chief executives of Ford and Chrysler met with Vice President Cheney last month to discuss the issue.
Mark Clayton and Daniel P. Wood of the Christian Science Monitor report After EPA rejects California, emissions court battle looms: The agency's legal argument on greenhouse-gas emissions is weak, analysts say. Sue the bastards! Bu$hCo might claim they learned their lesson in April when the Supremes, at least five of the nine, ruled the feds should regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Now they are trying to stop states from doing their own thing. Not sure that dog will hunt Dubyah.
Let's see if the Courts will force Dick to share these notes contrary to what they did when Big Energy wrote Bu$hCo's energy policy. California's Henry Waxman is already demanding that no records be destroyed. Good luck on that front Congressman given this administration's record. Peace ... or War!
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