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Friday, November 25, 2016
Greens gear up for long court fight against Trump
Environmentalists are planning a vigorous strategy in the federal courts to fight President-elect Donald Trump’s aggressive deregulatory proposals. With
the executive and legislative branches of the government controlled by
Republicans and unlikely to adopt their priorities, green group leaders
said they will increasingly lean on the judiciary to push their agenda,
along with public campaigns and traditional lobbying. Groups
are largely dusting off their playbooks from the administrations of
Republican Presidents George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, whose efforts to
scrap environmental rules were met at every turn by litigation. But green groups face a tougher task this time as they try and protect President Obama's environmental legacy. Obama's
efforts were built almost entire on executive actions and regulations,
making them particularly vulnerable to dismantling by Trump. And
courts traditionally give federal agencies great leeway in how they
regulate and interpret laws from Congress, so green lawsuits are likely
to face uphill battles...more
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