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A Wrecking Ball to Environmental Law

Strict Scrutiny

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Scott Pruitt Is Too Environmentally Friendly as an EPA Chief

Samuel Alito wrote an opinion that would have invalidated the Trump EPA department's regulation as too environmentally friendly. Justice Kavanaugh and 3 Democratic appointees adopted a broader understanding of what wetlands EPA could regulate. The bottom line is that Scott Pruitt, who literally spent his career as a lobbyist for big oil, is apparently too environmentally friendly as an EPA chief.

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