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Sonia Sotomayor: “The Clean Air Act does not regulate marketing or advertising of fuel.”

Featuring: Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court | National

'We're Sort of Missing The Point': Sonia Sotomayor Asks About Regulations Included In Clean Air Act

Published October 5, 2026

The problem with that is our statements that federal common law control water and air. But I think that we're sort of missing the point. The Clean Air Act does not regulate marketing or advertising of fuel. correct? Correct. It does not mandate the use of specific fuel sources, correct? Correct. So it's not clear to me how regulating the production and false advertisement of oils affects air and water, correct? (00:10–00:16)

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Asserts that the Clean Air Act does not cover marketing or advertising of fuel.

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“It does not mandate the use of specific fuel sources.”
Asserts that the Clean Air Act does not require specific fuel sources.00:16-00:20
“The Clean Air Act, and this case seems no different to me from Commonwealth Edison vs. Montana, where we said that a state tax on coal did not affect the Clean Air Act standards for those that burn coal.”
Asserts that a state tax on coal did not affect Clean Air Act standards in Commonwealth Edison vs. Montana.00:31-00:47