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Supreme Court Issues Major 7-2 Ruling

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By Mark Steffen
June 20, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday shattered the dreams of California’s climate justice warriors in a decision that saw one of the three liberal justices side against them.

In a 7-2 ruling, the high court allowed the state’s energy producers to pursue their lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as they seek to undo state laws regulating the number of electric vehicles that must be sold before 2035, the point at which California hopes to become carbon neutral.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, suggested that the EV mandates are “stringent” and a potentially “unlawful” targeting of a specific industry by the government.

“The government generally may not target a business or industry through stringent and allegedly unlawful regulation, and then evade the resulting lawsuits by claiming that the targets of its regulation should be locked out of court as unaffected bystanders,” said Kavanaugh. “In light of this Court’s precedents and the evidence before the Court of Appeals, the fuel producers established Article III standing to challenge EPA’s approval of the California regulations.”

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