The documents, which were never meant to see the light of day for decades, detail a five-day flurry of confidential exchanges among the justices that ultimately led to a 5-4 emergency order blocking Obama’s signature climate regulation.
Chief Justice John Roberts and other conservatives argued the plan would cause “substantial and irreversible” harm to the power sector if allowed to take effect before full review.
Leaks at the high court have become disturbingly frequent, and they almost always seem to be targeting the conservative justices.
The leaked papers show the court grappling with whether to issue an unprecedented stay on the Clean Power Plan, Obama’s aggressive EPA rule aimed at slashing carbon emissions from power plants by 32% by 2030.
Conservative justices emphasized the immediate economic damage the regulation would inflict on utilities and states.
In one memo, Roberts warned, “Absent a stay, the Clean Power Plan will cause (and is causing) substantial and irreversible reordering of the domestic power sector before this court has an opportunity to review its legality.”
Liberal justices pushed back, but the court ultimately sided 5-4 to block the plan, a decision many legal experts now view as the birthplace of the modern “shadow docket,” the fast-track process the Court has increasingly used for emergency rulings on major issues.
🚨 LEAKERS ARE SABOTAGING THE SUPREME COURT
And the leaks just so happen to mainly target CONSERVATIVES. One just leaked to the NYT.
Internal memos were leaked regarding challenges to Hussein Obama’s environmental scam agenda.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
