The Supreme Court’s sweeping decision in June against the Environmental Protection Agency‘s unprecedented greenhouse gas regulations slams the door on executive agencies that try to rewrite laws to fit its goals.

The court said the EPA had no authority to issue regulations that differed so radically from the Clean Air Act’s plain language – and affirms that the EPA and every other executive agency is indeed subject to the court’s jurisdiction, despite protests to the contrary. This is exactly the kind of precedent that will be used against current and future executive agency overreaches by the Obama administration.