The Substance of the Clean Power Plan Memos

This brief opinion piece adopts a libertarian perspective critical of expansive regulatory authority, using informal praise of judicial restraint ('best lawyer of his time') to frame deregulation sympathetically. The framing centers judicial skepticism of executive power rather than environmental or public health outcomes, and the minimalist treatment omits substantive engagement with the Clean Power Plan's stated rationale or competing policy perspectives.

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• This article does not address the environmental or public health rationale for the Clean Power Plan
• This article does not present perspectives from environmental advocates or regulatory supporters
• This article does not discuss the empirical impacts of the policy or its alternatives