Let's face it. A substantial percentage of the American people don't much care about the contents or soundness of Supreme Court decisions. They are quite content to celebrate the results they like and condemn those they don't.Because that is so, there are uninformed celebrations across the land over Monday's Supreme Court decision rejecting the Environmental Protection Agency's decision not to regulate auto emissions of carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gases.
Environmental groups have hailed the decision. One Earthjustice attorney said the decision at last recognized the perils that "include rising seas that submerge coastal lands, stronger hurricanes, more drought, melting ice caps and degraded ecosystems."
One might think from reading this and other rhapsodies that it is an accepted part of the nation's legal system that all major policy matters should be decided by unelected judges.
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