Blue State AGs Prepare to Use Loper Bright Ruling to Defend ESG

The top law enforcement officers for blue states are planning to turn conservatives’ own legal arguments against them to defend environmental, social, and governance principles during the Trump-Vance administration.

The blue state AGs are ready to use the Supreme Court’s June Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision as a line of attack if the Trump administration issues anti-ESG edicts that aren’t prescribed by Congress, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said. The high court’s ruling made it easier to fight some agency regulations in court by striking down the so-called Chevron doctrine that had required judges to defer to reasonable agency ...