Endangered Deference Doctrine Could End EPA’s Streak Of Court Losses

February 21, 2019
EPA could soon end its losing streak in litigation over rollbacks of Obama-era policies as lawsuits shift from procedural challenges to fights over the merits of rules on which courts often defer to the agency, but that outcome faces a growing threat from conservative federal judges who are looking to narrow or even scrap such deference. “In the first couple of years of the administration, they tried to move way too fast with a crew of people who didn’t know...


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