Bell Ringers

Bell Ringer: West Virginia v. EPA (2022)

The Clean Air Act and the Clean Power Plan

Case Western Reserve University Law Professor Jonathan Adler provides an overview of the Clean Air Act and subsequent interpretations.

Description

Case Western Reserve University Law Professor Jonathan Adler provides an overview of the Clean Air Act, its subsequent interpretations and the related Supreme Court case West Virginia v. EPA (2022) and the court's opinion.

Bell Ringer Assignment

  • CLIP #1: "At a broad level of generality," what was West Virginia v. EPA (2022) about?
  • CLIP #1: What did the Supreme Court "make clear" before West Virginia v. EPA (2022)?
  • CLIP #1: Based on the clip, what is Section 111 of the Clean Air Act, and what role does the EPA play?
  • CLIP #1: According to Jonathan Adler, how did the Obama Administration change the interpretation of Section 111? What ultimately happened to the Obama Administration's plan?
  • CLIP #1: What was "curious" to Adler? Describe how West Virginia v. EPA (2022) became a Supreme Court case.
  • CLIP #2: Why was there "no question" about the outcome of West Virginia v. EPA (2022)? What one question existed?
  • CLIP #2: What is the "major questions doctrine," and what role did it play in the court's opinion?
  • CLIP #2: According to Jonathan Adler, why might the court's ruling in West Virginia v. EPA (2022) cause a "mess?"
  • CLIP #2: Summarize Adler's final two points about the delegation doctrine and a recent trend between the Executive and Legislative branches.

Additional Resources

Participants

    Vocabulary

    • Alabama Association Of Realtors V. Department Of Health And Human Services (2021)
    • Certiorari
    • Circuit Court
    • City Of Arlington V. Federal Communications Commission (2013)
    • Clean Air Act (1967)
    • Congress
    • Delegation Doctrine
    • Department Of Justice
    • Environmental Protection Agency
    • Greenhouse Gas Emission
    • Hydrocarbon
    • Inauguration
    • Legislation
    • Major Questions Doctrine
    • Massachusetts V. Environmental Protection Agency (2007)
    • Merit Brief
    • National Federation Of Independent Business V. Department Of Labor Occupational Safety And Health Administration (2022)
    • Particulate
    • Pollutant
    • Remand
    • Solicitor General
    • Statute
    • Supreme Court
    • Utility Air Regulatory Group V. Environmental Protection Agency (2014)

    Topics

    Bureaucracy & RegulationEnvironmental Policy & Land UseJudicial BranchSupreme Court Cases

    Grades

    High SchoolUniversity