AOC Gathers Support for Bill to Overrule Supreme Court's EPA Decision

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29. First, writer Sharon Zhang needs a civics class.

I applaud this legislation and its eventual effects.

Using the term "Overrule" is misleading and damaging to reader's understanding of our government. It implies that Congress maintains superiority over the Supreme Court. It does not. SCOTUS is the final arbiter of laws, their effects and shortcomings and over incidents of government overreach. When the SC decides that a law is unconstitutional, Congress does not have a "oh yes it is" comeback.

Parliamentary sovereignty (also called parliamentary supremacy or legislative supremacy) is a concept in the constitutional law of some parliamentary democracies. It holds that the legislative body has absolute sovereignty and is supreme over all other government institutions, including executive or judicial bodies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_sovereignty

The Founders were very careful to balance the three federal branches such that one would dominate the others.

Giving the public the idea that Congress has that authority is real mistake.

In reality, the SCOTUS opinion is that, under current law, the EPA took action beyond its authority. I think we all see that the EPA should have that authority and Congress is passing implementing legislation to correct the deficiency in the EPA's powers.