The Supreme Court has ruled that the EPA does not have the authority to protect the environment…so what is their job now? pic.twitter.com/7lU7ROS8sp — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 1, 2022 “It’s always strange to me how the news in America frames some of these stories,” he continued, as he called the decision “a defeat for the Biden administration.” “It is a defeat for human life! It has nothing to do with Biden,” Noah said. Experts believe the logic of the decision will make it difficult for any agency to pass any regulations without Congress first passing specific legislation. “These organizations aren’t perfect, don’t get me wrong, but could you imagine if Congress had to approve, say, vaccines?” he said. “Imagine if you had to wait for them. It would never have happened. We’d all be locked in our houses clapping our hands out our windows because Congress couldn’t convince Marjorie Taylor Greene that the needles weren’t actually a space alien conspiracy.” The decision clarified only what was apparent from this Supreme Court term: “From environmental regulations, to abortion, to guns, to school prayer, to voting rights, this is one of the most radical Supreme Courts in American history.” Noah concluded. And “they are also imposing their power on a country that, for the most part, will not settle for any of it.”
Stephen Colbert
The latest rant about the high court was “a real rollercoaster, as I feel sick and scared that we’re all going to die,” Stephen Colbert said Thursday night. He explained: “Just in the last week, justices have weakened the separation of church and state, overturned Roe v Wade, struck down a 109-year-old New York law that restricted guns in public, and today threw out a ruling that limited the EPA’s Regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. “What do you think, supreme court?” he wondered. “It’s Environmental. PROTECTION. Agency. If they cannot limit emissions, then the organization cannot protect the environment. They should change what the P stands for. Maybe “Environmental Punch Dolphins in the Taint Agency”. Chief Justice John Roberts argued in the majority that while limiting carbon emissions would be a solution to the “crisis of the day,” a “decision of such magnitude and consequence belongs to Congress itself…” “Hello! Johnny Bobby! This is an emergency,” Colbert fumed. “You don’t stand at the side of the pool watching someone drown and say ‘oh well Mr Lifeguard, you can’t jump in and save them because I saw you eating less than half an hour ago. There are rules.” In a scathing dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote: “The court is appointing itself — rather than Congress or the agency — the climate policy decision maker. I can’t think of many things scarier.” “Really? Have you seen their other decisions?” Colbert responded, “With these maniacs at the helm, our only hope is that chimney sweeps wear a condom.”
Seth Meyers
And on Late Night, Seth Meyers updated another intense week of Jan. 6 committee hearings. While he was not optimistic that the hearings would change the minds of hardline Republicans, Meyers said he “hopes the hearings will influence prosecutors in the Justice Department because one area where these hearings have been shockingly successful has been in finding criminal intent and consciousness.” of guilt between Trump and the gang of pro-coup weirdos.” Myers pointed to former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pushed Trump to use the military to seize voting machines. In his interview with the committee, Flynn consistently invoked the Fifth Amendment for “what you would think would be pretty straightforward questions for any non-fascist.” Flynn refused to answer questions such as: “Do you think the violence on January 6 was morally justified?” “Do you think the violence on January 6 was legally justified?” And “Do you believe in the peaceful transition of power in the United States of America?” “Avenging the fifth for a hypothetical that has nothing to do with the law?” Myers laughed. “The fifth amendment doesn’t work like that. It’s not Family Feud – it doesn’t say you have the right to pass after diving. “These are just benign hypothetical ideas,” he continued. “It’s like your husband said ‘how do you feel about monogamy?’ And your response was “I am invoking my fifth amendment right not to answer questions about your sister.” The debate is not going to end. “These guys were so aware that they were in legal trouble,” he added. “They wouldn’t even answer questions about whether they believe in the peaceful transfer of power.”
