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Supreme Court signals it will let fuel producers sue over California emission standards (www.mercurynews.com)
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[โ€“] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Feels like a pointless case since it wouldn't even be over the legality of the waiver, at least according to this article. At that point, what are they suing over? That they don't like the stricter emissions? Wouldn't the courts just say tough shit? There are plenty of laws and policies people don't like. Unless they run afoul of other laws or policies, or are unconstitutional in some way, the courts can't just revoke them because someone doesn't like them.

[โ€“] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

"Can't."