The Rehnquist Court and the Pollution Control Cases : Anti - Environmental and pro - Business ?
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The nearly physical revulsion many conservatives feel for environmental groups and values, and their reflex action to protect business being encroached upon, threaten to wipe out all the gains that preceded this Court. Raw political partisanship that sees the [Rehnquist] Court side with business interests is most apparent in environmental cases. The courts are in lockstep with the Right's attempts, outside the courts, to weaken the enforcement of environmental laws.'
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