Comment Re:No wonder (Score 4, Informative) 85
republicans want to gut the EPA. It puts a dent in donor profits. Yes, that woke EPA signed into power by noted left winger Richard Nixon, and only now half a century later is unconstitutional.
The lawsuits against the EPA haven't been to destroy or remove it...BUT, to curtail the overreach by the EPA and other Executive offices have been guilty of in the past couple decades especially.
I forgot the exact cases, but essentially someone bought some land that had areas on the property that during heavy rain times would have a pond...or maybe it was within spitting distance of a small body of water....and the EPA was acting like this was a major body of water needing protections from pollution, etc...and basically disallowed the new property owners from building on the property, etc.
The recent SCOTUS rulings basically slapped the EPA's hand and said "No"...this is beyond the powers that congress gave you and you are essentially making new law.
It's basically efforts to keep the EPA and other govt offices from running roughshod over the common citizen....