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Legal, Laws, and Regs

Can Trump Create the Terminator Rule?

Rather than a press conference or interview, Trump put out a video seemingly to assure Americans that we don’t have to spend our days and nights in absolute terror because he’s in charge. Flip to the end: he didn’t succeed. All Trump did was create confusion. Reading the transcript doesn’t provide more clarity. There is […]

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Government Legal, Laws, and Regs

Can Trump break the rules (and regulations)?

Last week, we established that Trump can’t abolish the EPA, or any other department or regulatory agency without Congressional support. Even if Congress and Trump do abolish an agency or department, the laws the organization enforces still must be enforced. What about those laws? Can Trump abolish a law, or refuse to enforce it?

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Government Legal, Laws, and Regs

Can Trump abolish the EPA?

Donald Trump made a lot of promises during his run for the White House, and his transition team picks seem to support some of the most egregious. There’s a world of difference, though, between a promise and the capability to fulfill that promise—even for the holder of the highest office in the land.

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Legal, Laws, and Regs Political

Writing at Crooks and Liars

I have been writing some pieces at Crooks and Liars, primarily to extend my audience reach. My poor little weblog just doesn’t have the oomph it once had—probably because I write on such an odd mix of topics. About my pieces at Crooks and Liars… I’m a Clinton supporter, but even if I weren’t, I’d […]

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Environment Legal, Laws, and Regs

Andy Johnson EPA Consent Decree

Previous coverage here and here.  Andy Johnson created a “stockpond” by building a dam on a creek that is covered under the Clean Water Act. The EPA issued a violation to him for not getting a permit for unauthorized dumping in said creek. The solution outlined in the violation was to work with the agency to […]