Paper Raises Doubts On ‘Major Questions’ Claims In CPP Rule Fight

May 13, 2021
An academic that supports aggressive EPA climate change rules is raising doubts about efforts by Republican attorneys general and others who are urging the Supreme Court to narrow EPA’s authority to regulate power plant greenhouse gases by citing the high court’s doctrine that requires clear statutory authority for “major” rules. In a May 10 essay , Richard Revesz, who directs New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity, charges that efforts by Republican state officials to use the so-called “major questions”...


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