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Gorsuch—and his clerks—referred 5 times in his opinion to “nitrous oxide,” more commonly known as “laughing gas.”

They meant to refer to “nitrogen oxide,” an air pollutant that the EPA’s policy was aimed at reducing.

The mistake was seized on by critics of the #scotus conservative majority, with writer Elie Mystal noting on X, “Remember folks, Neil #Gorsuch thinks that he should have the final say on environmental regulations, not the experts at the #EPA.” #supremeCourt
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/06/28/supreme-court-corrects-epa-opinion-after-gorsuch-confuses-laughing-gas-with-air-pollutant/