Some See Justices Backing Trump On California’s GHG Link To Quebec

November 14, 2019
Legal experts are debating whether the Trump administration’s constitutional challenge to California’s greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program link to Quebec will succeed, with most arguing lower courts are likely to back California but some saying there is a good chance the Supreme Court could side with the administration if it hears the case. “There’s a strong case that this link interferes with the nation’s ability to negotiate foreign policy, an area where the federal government is supreme,” says James Coleman, a...


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