Justice Jackson unveils fiery dissent in discrimination case
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, recognized as the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, delivered remarks at the 60th Commemoration of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

In one of six rulings announced on Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court reached a 7-2 decision in favor of fuel companies asserting their right to oppose California’s regulatory measures aimed at curbing emissions by restricting the production of gas-powered vehicles, a decision that dissenting Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson found troubling.

Guided by Justice Brett Kavanaugh and including liberal Justice Elena Kagan, the court’s conservative majority concluded that fuel companies were eligible to challenge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerning the Biden administration’s decision to reinstate a Clean Air Act waiver for California. This stands despite the Trump administration’s historical and continuing policies, which weaken states’ capacities to pursue and apply stricter emission standards than those mandated by the federal government.

For Kavanaugh, Kagan, Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett, that the fuel companies had standing to sue the EPA over the climate change-focused waiver was “evident” based on the high court’s precedents and based on evidence that, under California regulations, the companies would “take in less revenue than they would in a free market.”

As a result, the case of Diamond Alternative Energy LLC v. EPA was kicked back down to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for a consideration of the merits of the fuel companies’ claims.

“The government generally may not target a business or industry through stringent and allegedly unlawful regulation, and then evade the resulting lawsuits by claiming that the targets of its regulation should be locked out of court as unaffected bystanders,” Kavanaugh wrote.

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