Daily Update | August 14, 2019
Adam Smith // 8/14/19 //
Two rules announced by the White House on Monday—which promise to roll back protections for endangered species and penalize immigrants for receiving federal welfare benefits—have already garnered their first round of legal challenges. A 29-state coalition sued to prevent the Trump Administration from easing limits on emissions from coal-power producers.
REGULATION
On Tuesday, Santa Clara County and San Francisco filed a challenge to a new Trump Administration rule that will allow immigration officials to deny legal status or entry to immigrants who use federal welfare programs (The Hill).
And the attorneys general of New York and California announced their own plans to enter the fray (Reuters).
A coalition of 29 states sued the Administration to block its rollback of the Clean Power Plan, which sought to limit emissions by coal-fueled power plants (NYT).
TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION
By treating the impeachment process as a long game, the House may have lost the public’s attention—and thus its window for removing President Trump, argue David Priess and Margaret Taylor at Lawfare.
CHECKS AND BALANCES
With a contentious election approaching and its approval ratings more ideologically split than ever, the Supreme Court may try to keep its docket for the coming Term as uncontroversial as possible, suggests Amelia Thomson-Deveaux at FiveThirtyEight.