The U.S. Supreme Court building on Jan. 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Supreme Court building on Jan. 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

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The Supreme Court's Right-wing Crusade

This week, the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court ignored precedent, and trampled law and legal procedure to gut the Environmental Protection Agency's primary mission: the ability to curb pollution of harmful substances. It thereby erected a judicial roadblock to dealing with catastrophic climate change even as the alarming threat grows worse.