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  • Fixing Federalism Sidestepped in Opposing E.P.A. Coal Regulations

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    Dr. Skip Worden
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    In his letter to every state governor in March 2015, Mitch McConnell, the majority leader in the U.S. Senate, urged the state officials to ignore the E.P.A.’s regulations that when implemented would reduce carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants. In his letter, the senator complained that President Obama was “allowing the E.P.A. to wrest control of a state’s energy policy.” Were McConnell the chair of the E.U.’ s European Council rather than the U.S.’s Senate, he would doubtlessly have pointed to the worsening “democracy deficit,” wherein regulators in the European Commission take power away from state legislatures. Yet, surprisingly (or many not), the majority leader did not frame the issue in terms of federalism. Why?

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    In his letter to every state governor in March 2015, Mitch McConnell, the majority leader in the U.S. Senate, urged the state officials to ignore the E.P.A.’s regulations that when implemented would reduce carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants. In his letter, the senator complained that President Obama was “allowing the E.P.A. to wrest control of a state’s energy policy.” Were McConnell the chair of the E.U.’ s European Council rather than the U.S.’s Senate, he would doubtlessly have pointed to the worsening “democracy deficit,” wherein regulators in the European Commission take power away from state legislatures. Yet, surprisingly (or many not), the majority leader did not frame the issue in terms of federalism. Why?

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    Fixing Federalism Sidestepped in Opposing E.P.A. Coal Regulations

    Enviado por

    Dr. Skip Worden
    In his letter to every state governor in March 2015, Mitch McConnell, the majority leader in the U.S. Senate, urged the state officials to ignore the E.P.A.’s regulations that when implemented would reduce carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants. In his letter, the senator complained that President Obama was “allowing the E.P.A. to wrest control of a state’s energy policy.” Were McConnell the chair of the E.U.’ s European Council rather than the U.S.’s Senate, he would doubtlessly have pointed to the worsening “democracy deficit,” wherein regulators in the European Commission take power away from state legislatures. Yet, surprisingly (or many not), the majority leader did not frame the issue in terms of federalism. Why?

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    Fixing Federalism Sidestepped in Opposing E.P.A.

    Coal Regulations
    In his letter to every state governor in March 2015, Mitch McConnell, the majority
    leader in the U.S. Senate, urged the state officials to ignore the E.P.A.s regulations
    that when implemented would reduce carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants.
    In his letter, the senator complained that President Obama was allowing the E.P.A.
    to wrest control of a states energy policy. 1 Were McConnell the chair of the E.U. s
    European Council rather than the U.S.s Senate, he would doubtlessly have pointed
    to the worsening democracy deficit, wherein regulators in the European
    Commission take power away from state legislatures. Yet, surprisingly (or many
    not), the majority leader did not frame the issue in terms of federalism. Why?
    The full essay is at Fixing Federalism Sidestepped.

    1 Coral Davenport, McConnell Urges States to Help Thwart Obamas War on Coal, The
    New York Times, March 20, 2015.

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