There are often issues that we can consider as controversial or debatable. Dave Mielke presents one of these issues each week to give you “Something to Think About.” The topic for today is “Keeping the Supreme Court Busy”. The US Supreme Court heard a case last Wednesday over whether the Environmental Protection Agency erred when it adopted the first ever regulations requiring power plants to cut emissions of mercury and other toxic air pollutants. This is one more in the string of cases the Supreme Court has heard challenging the legality of the Obama administration regulations.
It was just a couple weeks ago that the court heard the case regarding subsidies provided for people buying health insurance on the federal Healthcare.gov website. The question was whether or not the wording in the Obamacare legislation meant that subsidies could only be provided for people applying on state healthcare exchanges. It was late last year that the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby on their objection on religious grounds to the requirement under Obamacare to provide contraception coverage to their employees. There are legal challenges to President Obama’s immigration policies that are sure to reach the Supreme Court. Are the EPA regulations for the power plants needed? Were the EPA regulations appropriate? Should the EPA regulations be stopped?
