# The Clarence Thomas led Supreme Court

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**Created:** [June 30, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clarence-thomas-led-supreme-court/967189 "2022-06-30T15:40:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clarence-thomas-led-supreme-court/967189/10 "2022-06-30T16:15:23Z")

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> [@Aspenglow](#):
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> I don’t think people have quite yet grasped just how bad this is. The SCOTUS have appointed themselves as the rulers over how climate change can be mitigated here in the US. Government is to basically have no role.

This is incorrect.

The ruling said that Congress can regulate it, or can explicitly delegate that authority to an agency.

What they ruled against was an agency assuming that authority based on laws which don’t actually grant it.

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