MSNBC, CNN, and more rip Supreme Court over EPA ruling, lament Biden administration loss

Following the Supreme Court’s decision limiting the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate power plant carbon emissions, liberal media outlets slammed the Court for holding up President Biden’s climate agenda and claimed conservative members do not want climate change addressed.

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said the justices’ majority decision to pass the torch on environmental regulation to Congress was a "feature" rather than a "bug." He suggested that the Court intentionally gave the power to Congress knowing that they would not be able to pass any legislation relating to climate change, or at least not on the scale of Biden’s agenda.

"When the Court says it’s up to Congress to address climate change, what they are really saying is we don’t want climate change addressed," Toobin said.

Toobin later added that climate change was here and real regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision and or how politicians might vote.

During the same segment, CNN political director David Chalian fretted Biden had effectively been handcuffed.

"What this ruling did was basically even limit Biden’s pen ability if you will," Chalian said, referencing Biden’s ability to issue executive powers. "And really this sort of put handcuffs on the Biden administration to attack what is one of the major priorities of this presidency."

CNN correspondent Rene Marsh made similar comments on the topic and Congress’ inability to pass legislation, asserting the Supreme Court’s decision to hand the authority to Congress is essentially it saying they are "deregulating the power sector."

"This ruling isn’t just a blow to the Biden administration," Marsh also noted. "But it has the impact to affect people’s lives for generations to come."

Discussions of the West Virginia v. EPA ruling also trickled over to MSNBC, where chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne T... (Read more)

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