Stephen Breyer in Government Bullies, by Senator Rand Paul (R, KY)


On Environment: EPA regulations ignores precedent of judicial review

In the words of one former Army Corps of Engineers official, "for regulatory purposes, a wetland is whatever we decide it is." Courts have taken the deferential attitude that they cannot question themselves to take up whether or not the EPA has followed their own moving-target rules.

Justice Stephen Breyer implied that the EPA was thumbing its nose at 75 years of judicial precedent, during which "the courts have interpreted statutes with an eye towards permitting judicial review, not the opposite."

It was with great pleasure that we saw the Supreme Court rule 9-0. Every member of the bench saw what was wrong with the EPA and our federal government giving no recourse to its citizens.

Source: Government Bullies, by Rand Paul, p. 37-39 Sep 12, 2012

The above quotations are from Government Bullies
How Everyday Americans Are Being Harrassed, Abused, And Imprisoned by the Feds

by Rand Paul
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