DOJ Defends CRA In Request To Dismiss Suit Over Law's Constitutionality

June 27, 2017
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking a federal district court to reject environmentalists' suit that claims the Congressional Review Act (CRA) is unconstitutional, with DOJ arguing that the law is valid and courts lack power to assess whether it was properly applied this year when Congress overturned 13 Obama-era regulations. In a June 26 motion filed in Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) v. Zinke, et al. , DOJ on behalf of the Interior Department (DOI) says the suit must...


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