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Unpublished Paper
Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute: The Roberts Court and the Environment
ExpressO
(2008)
Abstract
Analysis and predictions on the jurisprudential direction of the Roberts Court have thus far produced articles examining its possible impact on several areas of law, but so far none have assessed the Court’s treatment of environmental issues in a comprehensive fashion, even though it has decided seven cases in this area in the 2005 and 2006 terms. This Article reviews these seven decisions, concluding that based on them there is no discernable pro-business bias thus far as some had predicted. However, the Court is very divided ideologically on environmental issues, suggesting that the next presidential appointment could have a major impact on how it decides future cases.
Keywords
- environmental law,
- Roberts Court,
- Supreme Court,
- pollution,
- Clean Air Act,
- Clean Water Act,
- greenhouse gas emissions
Disciplines
Publication Date
April 12, 2008
Citation Information
David A Schultz. "Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute: The Roberts Court and the Environment" ExpressO (2008) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_schultz/7/