Legal arguments that curbed several of the Trump administration’s most far-reaching executive actions could be used to slow President Joe Biden’s most ambitious climate and environment plans, especially if Congress is unable to act.
Last month, Louisiana district court Judge Terry A. Doughty cited several Trump-era cases as rationale for striking down Biden’s temporary pause on oil and gas leases on federal lands—a sweeping executive order that was part of Biden’s plans to chip away at climate change impacts.
Doughty’s analysis was riddled with case law from litigation over former President Donald Trump’s executive orders and declarations, including fights over ...
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