The Supreme Court Must Freeze the Climate Extortion of Our Energy Industry
Environmental cases could reaffirm federal authority over climate policy.
A judicial consensus is forming against climate lawfare, but the U.S. Supreme Court must still end environmental extortion of American energy. In two landmark cases, the court will soon have the opportunity to reassert the federal government’s authority over questions of national energy and environmental policy.
Environmental groups believe that energy use increases global temperatures, causes sea levels to rise and creates more destructive weather. Their campaign to curtail energy has taken many forms — including asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to block pipelines and the Interior Department to deny oil and gas leases — but it met a roadblock with the 2024 election and the Trump administration’s subsequent blizzard of executive orders lifting overregulation.
Rather than pursue their interests in Congress or before the electorate, environmental extremists have now allied with bankrupt cities and trial lawyers to use the courts to shake down the energy industry. Blue cities and states have filed tort suits in state courts to extract money for allegedly causing weather-related costs in their jurisdictions.
Originalism and Its Adversaries
While living constitutionalists on the left remain deeply involved in the fight against originalism, some prominent figures on the right have joined that fight.
A Warning to Quorum Breakers
If absence goes on long enough, there may be serious consequences—including removal from office.
When Can a Crass Political Remark Be Deemed an Indictable “Threat of Violence”?
What is an indictable “threat of violence”?
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