Supreme Court nomination

Judge Garland Has a Strong Record of Environmental Protection

If Ever Confirmed, He’s a Good Bet to Uphold the Clean Power Plan

President Obama’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland, has a record on the D.C. Circuit Court  that environmentalists should celebrate. He is almost always deferential to agency interpretations of statutes, including environmental ones (SCOTUSblog has a good summary of his record through 2010 on agency deference). When he has not deferred to …

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