text: In the 2007 case Massachusetts v. EPA, the Supreme Court decided to re-prove this old maxim. Overwhelmed by the assumed righteousness of various states and environmental groups that were appealing the decision of the Bush administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject their demand that regulatory controls be imposed on carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act, the Court ordered the agency to do so, in a decision of surpassing silliness and great potential damage.