SCOTUS Curbs Rogue Judges From Blocking Infrastructure Projects

Too many of these enviro-weenie/climate cult judges were ruling based on their beliefs, not law

Supreme Court limits judges’ authority to block infrastructure projects over environmental concerns

The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the authority of judges to block infrastructure projects due to environmental concerns.

The justices handed down the lone decision Thursday morning, slightly curbing judicial authority at a time when President Donald Trump’s administration is loudly complaining about alleged judicial overreach. The case, Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, relates to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the requirement for environmental impact statements (EIS) in infrastructure projects supported by the federal government.

“NEPA does not allow courts, ‘under the guise of judicial review’ of agency compliance with NEPA, to delay or block agency projects based on the environmental effects of other projects separate from the project at hand,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the opinion of the court.

“Courts should afford substantial deference and should not micromanage those agency choices so long as they fall within a broad zone of reasonableness,” the opinion continued.

Kavanaugh went on to state that agencies should not be expected to consider the environmental impact of any project aside from the one they are currently working on, “even if” the environmental impacts “might extend outside the geographical territory of the project or materialize later in time.”

“The fact that the project might foreseeably lead to the construction or increased use of a separate project does not mean the agency must consider that separate project’s environmental effects,” the court ruled.

There’s that “guise of judicial review” thing again, where judges are simply involving themselves outside the bounds of the scope of their duties and authority. The ruling was 8-0, with Gorsuch sitting out. More details on the case itself at the link.

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9 Responses to “SCOTUS Curbs Rogue Judges From Blocking Infrastructure Projects”

  1. Doom and Gloom says:

    And YET!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Boeing paying $1.1B as DOJ dismisses criminal fraud case; families of victims in crashes set to object to deal

    Plane-maker avoids charges under $1.1B non-prosecution tentative agreement as families who lost loved ones push back

    WHY?

    3 years of federal oversight if the deal had not been struck and TRUMP wants his big beautiful F-$47
    GEN 6 fighter plane being built on schedule not to mention the two new Air force One’s that HE will most likely never get to use but the current ones are 40 years old.

    In short, Boeing merged years ago and now they only give a shit about $$$$$$$ instead of quality and reputation. Worst thing they could have ever done was merge with a money hungry McDonnell Douglas who infiltrated the engineer/scientists faction at boeing with unskilled workers at Mikey D’s AKA…Not McDonalds, though most of them probably would have been fired by McDonalds but are protected by a union at McDonnell Douglas.

    As a result, shoddy work, slow performance and the inability to even launch a rocket into space….this the same company that sent us to the moon in the 60’s and 70’s.

    So whats a little judicial oversight. Nah. Only when it pleases the king. I am MAGA but I will criticize the King when it warrants it and there are plenty of episodes that warrant criticism. Blind following is what truly does lead to a cult.

    • TJ Jackson says:

      What does this have to do with environment impact reviews imposed by judges on projects outside of their jurisdiction? The clown show rolls on.

  2. Elwood P. Dowd says:

    D&G:

    So whats a little judicial oversight. Nah. Only when it pleases the king. I am MAGA but I will criticize the King when it warrants it and there are plenty of episodes that warrant criticism. Blind following is what truly does lead to a cult.

    • TJ Jackson says:

      Another Soros fan almost as bright as Biden, only half as honest. No argument defending judges over reaching their mandates just the pro forma cat calling and wailing.

  3. drowningpuppies says:

    It just can’t be… $60M

    Starting in 2019, the indictment states that Kehoe created a network that supplied 160 unauthorized electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to stores across the New York area, to illegally process more than $30 million in EBT transactions.

    “This fraud was made possible when USDA employee Arlasa Davis betrayed the public trust by selling confidential government information to the very criminals she was supposed to catch. Their actions undermined a program that vulnerable New Yorkers depend on for basic nutrition,” U.S. Attorney Perry Carbone said in the media release.

    DEI???
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/trump-agency-uncovers-one-largest-food-stamp-fraud-bribery-schemes

  4. drowningpuppies says:

    LOSING!!!

    US IT specialist arrested after attempting to share classified information with foreign government

    Nathan Laatsch, a 28-year-old IT specialist employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency since 2019, was arrested after the FBI received a tip in March 2025 that someone was willing to provide classified information to a friendly foreign government.

    Laatsch was a civilian employee in the DIA’s Insider Threat Division and held a top secret security clearance, according to the DOJ.

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-it-specialist-arrested-attempting-share-classified-information-foreign-government-doj#&_intcmp=fnhpbt1,hp1bt

  5. drowningpuppies says:

    Two liberal justices dissented as the Supreme Court delivered a temporary win for Trump’s immigration agenda

    If Supreme Court justices don’t want to spend the bulk of the time they have left on the Court serving as referees between Presidents and federal district judges who oppose their agendas, they need to put a stop to what has been going on since January 21, 2025. There’s not a major decision that the President has made that some district judge has not intervened in, whether or not he or she had the Constitutional authority to do so. And the consequences for the American people who are caught in the middle could be irreparable.

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-hands-trump-win-revoking-parole-500k-foreign-nationals

    Bwaha! Lolgf Losers!
    MAGA47 Motherfuckers!

  6. Petercat says:

    President Trump should state “From now on, if any judge fails to include the Constitutional authority supporting his ruling and giving him the authority to make that ruling, we will ignore it as being outside of his own Constitutional authority.”

    • Professor Hale says:

      Ridiculous. Most high school graduates can make up a constitutional basis out of thin air whenever they like. A judge certainly could. Congress has been for over 200 years. If you read the actual decisions from the bench now, not just the headlines the news media condenses them to, you will see “constitutional authority” on every page. You may not agree with it, but it is there.

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