But this time, the justices were sprinting to block a major presidential initiative. By a 5-to-4 vote along #partisan lines, the order halted President Barack #Obama’s Clean Power Plan, his signature #environmental policy. They acted before any other court had addressed the plan’s lawfulness. The decision consisted of only legal boilerplate, without a word of reasoning.

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