'Virtually Insurmountable' Hurdle

The Supreme Court's ruling in an upcoming case could create a “virtually insurmountable” barrier for environmental and other public interest groups to bring facial challenges to EPA and other federal agency regulations, if the high court backs Justice Department (DOJ) arguments, according to Scott Nelson of the Public Citizen Litigation Group and other panelists at a Sept. 8 event sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI). The high court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case, Priscilla Summers...