📩 Supreme Court Ruling on public protections in Ohio v. EPA and SEC v. Jarkesy; Statement by League of Conservation Voters
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People Power United is a proud member of the United for Democracy coalition. In response to the Supreme Court ruling on public protections in Ohio v. EPA and SEC v. Jarkesy, one of our fellow coalition members, League of Conservation Voters, released these statements:
JUNE 27, 2024
LCV Statement on SCOTUS Decision in Ohio v. EPA
Washington, D.C.— In response to today’s decision from the Supreme Court in Ohio v. EPA, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) issued the following statement from Vice President of Federal Policy and former EPA scientist Matthew Davis:
“Today’s ruling from extreme MAGA Supreme Court justices showed they are once again putting Big Polluters over people, our planet, and future generations. Despite the risk that it poses to our children’s lungs and agricultural crops, the Supreme Court has decided to gamble with the lives and health of communities by freezing the EPA’s Good Neighbor Plan smog limits, which will worsen air quality in urban and rural communities across the country and benefit polluters who damage the integrity of our fight for clean air and environmental justice for all.
Our communities deserve to live without the fear that the air they breathe damages their health. We need judges who will enforce environmental laws instead of dismantling them. These MAGA Justices have proven time and again that they will twist the law to serve the fossil fuel industry’s bottom line — including Justices with shady ties to Big Polluters. Congress must pass a binding code of ethics for Supreme Court Justices as well as the Judiciary Act to expand and rebalance the Supreme Court with justices who will protect our rights and follow the law.”
LCV Statement on SCOTUS Decision in SEC v. Jarkesy
Washington, D.C.— In response to today’s decision from the Supreme Court in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy to limit the tools public agencies have for enforcing public protections, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) issued the following statement from Senior Director of Judiciary & Democracy Doug Lindner:
“Justice Sotomayor is right to say that today’s decision is a power grab. Extreme MAGA Supreme Court justices are once again grabbing power from the public agencies that protect our rights to health, safety, clean air, and clean water, and protect us from powerful corporate interests like Big Polluters. Today’s decision makes it harder for public agencies to enforce critical protections, subverts the will of the people, undermines the Congress and the President the people vote for, and could impact every area of public policy including the environment, our democracy, healthcare, reproductive rights, workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights, education, and so much more.
Today’s power grab by the MAGA Justices is only the latest in their reckless, dangerous pattern of twisting the law to serve big business and MAGA extremists. We need Congress to expand and rebalance the Supreme Court with four new justices who will defend our rights, protections for our communities, and our democracy instead of rolling them back. And we need Supreme Court ethics legislation to stop the nation’s highest court from operating with the lowest ethical standards.”
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League of Conservation Voters: We envision a world in which tackling the climate crisis, confronting environmental injustice, and strengthening our democracy lead to cleaner and healthier communities, good, well-paying jobs, and a just, equitable, and sustainable future for all. More information is available at https://www.lcv.org/