This executive order has no standing. How many times has Trump actually deceived the media and his followers with empty executive orders? Time and again, his executive orders are political tools. The president alone cannot destroy long-standing legislation and that goes for any legislation. The USA Constitution governs because of the Rule of Law. Trump doesn't get it.
The courts are burdened once again to uphold the legislative process that has built this country. Does anyone realize the damage to the USA economy if such a law was passed and forget about clean air and water? This administration lives in the "World of Oz, all he needs is ruby slippers.
August 13, 2019
By Katie Lannan
Boston – As the Trump administration (click here) on Monday rolled out plans to change the implementation of the Endangered Species Act, Attorney General Maura Healey announced plans to sue over the move she said would dismantle important protections for at-risk wildlife and their habitats.
“By gutting key components of the Endangered Species Act, one of our country’s most successful environmental laws, the Trump Administration is putting our most imperiled species and our vibrant local tourism and recreation industries at risk,” Healey said in a statement. “We will be taking the Administration to court to defend federal law and protect our rare animals, plants, and the environment.”
Healey and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said that the new rules would allow federal agencies to ignore “serious threats to endangered animals and plants,” limit the circumstances when a species can be listed as threatened, and eliminate a requirement that agencies consider a species’ ability to recover before removing it from the endangered or threatened list.
Healey’s office said she believes the rules “would pave the way for approval of oil and gas and other development projects despite any species impacts.” U.S. Sen. Ed Markey took a similar stance, saying the changes came “at the behest of the oil, gas, and mining industries” and “will put countless species in the crosshairs of extinction.”...
