Great moments on the Supreme Court

Apparently Supreme court Justice Elena Kagan has written in a dissent from the court's decision to strike down portions of the EPA's Clean Air Plan by claiming that it would cause portions of the East Coast to be swallowed by the ocean.  

Now of course, the  smart aleck in me says "and what's the problem with that?", the realist remembers "I've got friends in Florida", and then the scientist in me looks up the actual data and says "even the IPCC is only estimating 55cm or less (two feet or less) over the next century.

In other words, it would likely put a crimp in the style of those whose homes are on the seacoast (e.g. Barack Obama's homes in Martha's Vineyard and Hawaii), but for the rest of us, it's really no big deal.  So even with the well-known tendency of many to select law as a career beause they're not good at science, Kagan's showing her ignorance in a mighty way here.