Washington, Jun 20 (EFE) .- The American Supreme Court reactivated this Friday a demand for oil refineries against the regulation of emissions for vehicles in the state of California, a regulation that President Donald Trump has wanted to deactivate.
The highest American court revived the requirements of these companies for 7 votes in favor and two against, those of the liberal magistrates Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
“In general, the government cannot put a company or industry in the spotlight through strict and supposedly illegal regulation, and then evade the resulting demands by stating that the objectives of its regulation should be excluded from the courts,” said Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in charge of drafting the Court’s opinion edict.
Due to pollution problems in California, especially around the Los Angeles Metropolitan Region, the Federal Government has granted exemptions in vehicle emission regulations, allowing more strict frames to activate in this state.
Due to the territorial and economic weight of California, automobile manufacturers have adopted these strictest standards even for cars sold in other states.
Several refineries and manufacturers have tried to challenge these exemptions and, after an appeal court dismissed their demand, they raised their cause before the Supreme, which has refused to issue an opinion on the issue itself and has focused on determining whether companies have the legitimate right to legally dispute those measures.
Apart from the Supreme decision, Trump has recently signed initiatives approved quickly in Congress to end the exemptions for California, something he already did during his first term (2017-2021) before Joe Biden (2021-2025) restored them.
However, California and another ten states have filed a lawsuit arguing that the use of the parliamentary route to terminate these exemptions is illegal. EFE
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