Things are heating up in the Supreme Court

 By Gail Hubbs

“The Earth is warming.  Humans are contributing.  There is a moral imperative.  There is a huge policy imperative.”  These words were spoken by President Donald Trump’s  newest Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.   Inscribed in his judicial opinions in 2013 he wrote, “The task of dealing with global warming is urgent and important at the national and international level.” (The Atlantic: Robinson Meyer article on July 11, 2016). 

The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), which is a federal agency that was formed during President Nixon’s administration to combat the ever growing problems of pollution of our water, air, and land may be taking a momentary deep breath.  The reason is because this may be the first major appointee by the Trump administration that is on the record stating his belief in the reality of Climate Change.  

Since the EPA’s inception nearly 48 years ago, it has gone on to enforce approximately 50 different Congressional Acts resulting in clean water and air, along with other important health regulations.  Could this new Supreme Court Judge change the “Climate” of what many environmentally friendly groups have labeled this administration as, “anti-environmental Climate Deniers?” 

Brett Kavanaugh is considered a strict Constitutionalist judge who stated in the Chicago Tribune July 11, 2018 that a judge, “must interpret the law, not make the law.” However, it may not always be simply black and white. At times even the courts have to define issues that Congress may not fully grasp the scope of.  For instance, how could our Founding Fathers have anticipated the health challenges we would be confronted with concerning our environment?  I suggest that only looking back will history decide the verdict.

Gail Hubbs is a concerned Ventura County Resident

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