Amateur lawyer alert . . .

Someone at LeanLeft--I'm not sure if s/he is a lawyer, but if s/he is, s/he is a bad ones--is railing against a phantom S.Ct. Justice (The Incoherence of Justice Scalia on Global warming and the EPA). Regrettably, the Lovely and Liberal Brittney at NashvilleisTalking posted a link to the article. I guess it was the scathing comment about Scalia that sizzled. That being said, I know it is hard for some Liberals to imagine that Scalia--being a spawn of Satan and all, could ever be right in a judicial sense, but imagining such a thing might be more feasible if amateur lawyers would read actual opinions from the man as opposed to two sentences quoted in a news article.

But it kind of goes with the territory for an Executive Branch agency to use its priorities and interpret terms consistent with said administration's priorities. And the Supreme Court was ruling on whether a lower court's ruling was correct, not necessarily whether the original finding or holding was correct. And it is indeed a legitimate question as to whether something (CO2) which is naturally and inevitably churned out by oceans (DWARFING similar human-caused emissions--although exhalations from Liberal pols are substantial) must be viewed as a "pollutant." And whether trial lawyers should be able to sue the gov't to act!!act!! is a legitimate question.

They're legitimate legal issues . . . unless you just really think Scalia is a meanie.