As Joe Biden and his ruling cabal slunk out of the White House, Ken Paxton filed a final lawsuit against the regime’s executive regulatory ovrereach:
Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a legal challenge against the Biden administration’s recent regulation targeting gas-powered water heaters.
On December 26, 2024, the Department of Energy issued a final rule that would prohibit the sale of non-condensing instantaneous natural gas water heaters. Paxton and a coalition of attorneys general from multiple states contest the move is unlawful.
The lawsuit, led by Georgia, Kansas, and Tennessee, argues that this regulation disproportionately affects seniors and low-income households by limiting market options and potentially forcing consumers to use products that may require more energy for the same performance.
Paxton strongly criticized the rule, stating, “It makes no sense to ban better performing instantaneous water heaters in the name of ‘green energy’ and force consumers to purchase more expensive and less efficient models. Beyond being ridiculous, it is an unlawful abuse of power.”
He has vowed to continue opposing overreach by the Biden administration, adding, “Until the final second of Biden’s tenure in Washington, I will defend Texas from the chronic lawlessness of his Administration.”
With President-elect Trump set to take office in a few days, it remains to be seen how these ongoing legal challenges and regulatory disputes will be resolved.
Fellow states joining Texas in the suit are Georgia, Kansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Plus a bunch of natural gas associations.
Hopefully today marks the end of federal regulatory overreach in the service of unlawful, pie-in-the-sky environmentalism and the beginning of an administration that actually cares about ordinary Americans.
Tags: environmentalism, Joe Biden, Ken Paxton, natural gas, Regulation, Texas, Texas Scorecard
The best way to prevent this kind of Federal overreach is to make it clear that Federal employees and departments that attempt this sort of thing will be severely punished.
Comme exemple pour inspirer les autres.
You should note that Democratic AGs are mounting lawsuits to prevent the Trump Administration from removing DACA recipients from PPACA health coverage. And a separate Democratic AG lawsuit defends the ATF final rules that redefine forced reset triggers as machine guns and their redefinition of who is “engaged in the business” of selling guns.
These are the Democrats’ attempts to entrench the blatantly illegal executive actions of Biden’s caregivers.
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Disband all departments involved in any type of regulatory over reach.
End Official Immunity.
Investigate all associated with the AGs suing the feds.
Look at RICO prosecutions of all involved in illegal immigration in Democratic states, particularly non-profits.
Every single new regulation must be approved by Congress; any existing regulation can be rescinded by either any future Congress or any future President… better still, disband the entire regulatory state.
I’m not nearly as worried about the efficiency of the things, as I am with the idea that the Department of Energy has ANY authority under the law to basically ban things. I would be very interested to see where that authority was delegated to an Executive agency in any way that comports with the Constitution and a sensical reading of the separation of powers.
The only reason they can do it is because of a general sense of laziness and shifting of responsibility by the legislature, and the comfy couch lack of interest in governing their own nation by the electorate. “You’re the experts. Tell us what to do!”
I’ve had one of these in my house for years, at least 15, maybe longer. Love it. I’m not heating up water when I don’t use it, I have unlimited hot water when I am. Wondering what the rationalization was for that ban.
Over a span of 17 years I’ve had two of the non-condensing units in separate houses. Neither has had a problem other than a lizard getting into the fan that was an easy fix. Jackin’ with the hot water while my wife showers isn’t as fun as it used to be.