After an almost three year legal battle, a federal judge in late December dismissed a lawsuit challenging an executive order President Trump issued shortly after his inauguration that requires agencies to cut two regulations for every new one issued.
The order is a cornerstone of the administration’s deregulatory agenda. In February 2017, two nonprofit groups, Public Citizen and the Natural Resources Defense Council, along with the Communications Workers of America ALF-CIO, filed a lawsuit against the administration arguing that the order “exceeds President Trump’s constitutional authority, violates his duty under the Take Care Clause of the Constitution, and directs federal agencies to engage in unlawful actions that will harm countless Americans, including plaintiffs’ members.” They argued the implementation and enforcement of the order should be blocked.
