GOP Eyes Bills, Guidance To Limit Nationwide Injunctions Of EPA Policies

September 14, 2018
The Trump administration and House Republicans are moving to limit courts' use of nationwide injunctions that suspend or repeal EPA and other agencies' policies across the country even before ruling on whether they are lawful, aiming to avoid similar injunctions to those that blocked a slew of Obama administration policies from taking effect. Attorney General Jeff Sessions signed a new guidance letter on Sept. 13 directing DOJ attorneys to oppose nationwide injunctions on both constitutional and statutory grounds wherever practical...


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