Abstract
In a term with multiple major cases addressing the shape and scope of the administrative state, the Court’s emergency docket ruling in Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency temporarily pausing a not-yet-fully-implemented environmental rule may seem technical and less consequential. The majority’s approach, however, reinforces a template for pausing regulations prior to full judicial review. It also underlines the trend of assigning more power to the courts to manage and calibrate administrative regulation. This chapter provides some background on the Clean Air Act and describes how the EPA works with states to meet air quality standards. It then turns to the details and implications of this dispute.
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Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency, 603 US ___, No. 23A349, slip op. at 8–9.
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Id., slip op. at 10.
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Id., slip op. at 11.
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Id., slip op. at 12–13.
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Id., slip op. at 14.
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Id., slip op. at 15.
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Id., slip op. at 17.
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Id., slip op. at 1 (Barrett, J.).
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Id., slip op. at 5 (Barrett, J.).
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Id., slip op. at 6 (Barrett, J.).
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Id., slip op. at 17 (Barrett, J.).
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Id., slip op. at 19–20 (Barrett, J.). Emphasis Barrett’s.
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See discussion of Loper Bright v. Raimondo in Chapter 11 of this volume.
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West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, 597 U.S. ___, No. 20–1530 (2022).
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Novkov, J. (2025). Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency: The Emergency Docket Shapes National Policy Again. In: Schweber, H. (eds) SCOTUS 2024. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78551-1_9
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