A federal court scrapped a watchdog group’s legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s 2017 executive order that aimed to slash two regulations for every new one issued.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Dec. 20 dismissed the lawsuit from Public Citizen, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Communication Workers of America. The groups alleged that the decree, dubbed the 2-for-1 order, unlawfully constrained agency actions aimed at protecting the environment, ensuring worker safety, and meeting other congressional mandates.
Judge Randolph D. Moss, an appointee of President Barack Obama, ruled that the groups lack legal standing to ...
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