Posts by Liam Childers

The Departments of Interior and Commerce announced the finalization of a rule rescinding regulations issued by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service that had dramatically expanded the scope of the Endangered Species Act to potentially criminalize conduct and private land use decisions Congress did not statutorily authorize the Services to reach. The announcement explains that “[t]his reform is based on the Supreme Court’s 2024 decision in Loper Bright v. Raimondo[.]”  The Services concluded that their regulations were not the best reading of…

In a recent Politico interview, when asked about a “fundamental shift” in the focus of the Environmental Protection Agency under his tenure, Administrator Lee Zeldin highlighted how the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo is paramount to his decision-making.