Heinzerling Fears 'Flood' Of New Stay Petitions After High Court Blocks ESPS

Georgetown law professor and former EPA policy chief Lisa Heinzerling is warning that the Supreme Court's recent decision to stay the agency's power plant greenhouse gas rule during judicial review -- the first time the court has taken such a step -- set a poor precedent that could prompt a “new flood of premature” petitions seeking to stay other rules. In a paper slated for publication later this year, Heinzerling says the high court vastly overstepped its bounds in granting...