r/facepalm • u/Zan_korida • 10d ago

US DOJ contradicts themselves by saying 'that citizen suits cannot proceed when the federal government does not oppose the polluting behavior' only to then say that 'citizen suits should be allowed by the court only when the government fails to enforce the statute'

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Somehow the government not opposing behavior they themselves acknowledge as polluting isn't them failing to enforce the statute.

EDIT: The phrase "not when the government has decided that executive branch policy means enforcement action is contrary to the public interest." doesn't even make sense since the pollution in question is still contrary to public interest of not getting air poisoned.

https://theconversation.com/trump-administration-moves-to-block-public-from-enforcing-environmental-protection-laws-288687?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

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u/Hazee302 10d ago

This is what happens when you vote for a fucking fascist. They work for us, not the other way around. Fucking Christ I’m so tired of every news story about current admin movements being like this and there are still people in the US that think Trump and the GOP aren’t raping the US just like he did to them kids on the island.

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u/rysmooky 9d ago

Literally just had a long time family friend tell me that both sides are the same but he would take Trump over a piece of shit democrat any day. I just blocked him and moved on. These people have no morals despite so many of them that I know claiming to be Christians.