Barrett on Court Seen Handcuffing Agencies’ Climate-Change Fight
- Supreme Court pick takes narrow view of federal agency power
- Creative, boundary-testing rules more likely to be blocked
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The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court could make it harder for future administrations to adapt laws that have been on the books for decades to meet emerging challenges such as climate change.
That’s because Barrett’s confirmation would strengthen a conservative bloc of justices who take a narrow view of federal agency power -- potentially spelling doom for efforts to write regulations to thwart greenhouse gas emissions and promote environmental justice.