The Supreme Court will be considering legal arguments about the validity of Trump's tariffs. However the Court ultimately rules, therre will be ways for environmentalists to exploit the ruling, now or later. Here's how. legal-planet.org/2025/11/04/p...

We're one year from the federal off-year elections.So much is at stake. Here's what things look like as of today. A lot could change, but the bottom line is that Dems have their work cut out for them. Tomorrow's state races will provide an additional clue. legal-planet.org/2025/11/03/t...

Here are the Ghosts of Climate Past, Present, and Future, reminding us of what we've lost, where we are, and what we risk, And more Halloween costumes for the climate-aware: Cruella de Coal, the Endangered Mermaid, and Buzz Windmill. . legal-planet.org/2025/10/30/h...

The new McCarthyism: Trump has laid the groundwork for accusations and charges against progressive organizations that are purportedly involved in a conspiracy to support antifa. lnkd.in/g4ZXFStQ

The Edley Center sponsored this important event on AI, racial justice, and democracy. Is AI part of the problem or part of the cure? Or both? www.law.berkeley.edu/research/edl...

Trump is aiming to do the same thing to federal environmental law that he's done to the East Wing of the White House. He's going to have a much tougher time attacking environmentally friendly states like California. legal-planet.org/2025/10/23/t...

Whoops, someone forgot to put it on the White House calendar. October 17-31 has now been proclaimed to be “National Energy Dominance Month.” Classic. @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/10/20/g...

Another bit of good news -- clean energy stocks are significantly outperforming the S&P500, and outperforming oil stocks by even more

It begins to be clear that, among other things, Kavanaugh is not a careful lawyer.

MIT's staunch rejection of the Compact helped set the tone for other schools. It makes you realize what was lost in the law firm setting when Paul Weiss conspicuously caved to Trump.

USC joins the list of schools rejecting Trump's compact. So far, no one has said "yes."

The 7th Circuit has written a clear, crisp opinion explaining why Trump's use of troops in Chicago is probably illegal. One thing that the opinion makes clear is that DOJ has lost a lot of credibility in terms of factual assertions. media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/Opin...

MIT, Brown, and now Penn have rejected Trump's nefarious - and unconstitutional - "Compact". www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

The work of these universities' environmental law centers shows that it's still possible to make a difference, even in dark times. legal-planet.org/2025/10/16/l...

JD Vance: Overt racism and anti-Semitism is just boys being boys. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Another university rejects Trump's "Compact," which a compact only in the sense that a blackmail payment is contractual. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Why does Trump flaunt his willingness to act at the fringes of legality? Could that work to his advantage? The answer is yes, but the downside is that this strategy makes him more vulnerable in court. ssrn.com/abstract=540...

Last Friday's layoff notices to a thousand people at CDC were just the latest outgrowth of Trump;s inexplicable campaign against medical science and public health led by RFK Jr. legal-planet.org/2025/10/13/t...

Dartmouth has joined MIT in rejecting Trump's so-called "Compact." www.concordmonitor.com/2025/10/11/m...

In Portland, a susprising new Resistance leader has emerged. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

Who would have guessed that the Portland Resistance would be led by Kermit?

BREAKING NEWS: MIT tells Trump to buzz off. A win for free speech and academic freedom. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

Outstanding piece on the "compact" to turn universities into vehicles of thought control for the Trump administration. (Uh oh, I'm a university professor who just said something belittling about a "conservative" administration's compact, in violation of the compact's terms ...)

The Trump Administration has used a distortedc view of the key civil rights laws to justify its attacks on universities and public schools. This Edley Center white paper lays out where the Administration's ideas distort the law. www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...

Trump's "compact" with universities is a dire threat to free speech and academic freedom. It will also pressure universities to shy away from teaching and research relating to climate change and renewable energy. Here's a detailed explainer. legal-planet.org/2025/10/08/a...

As Steve Vladek has observed, the shadow docket is beginning to dwarf the merits docket. One result: the Supreme Court is becoming an appellate equity court, with damage cases and criminal cases left by the wayside.

The current Supreme Court has handed down one decision after another crushing environmental protections. The best we can hope for is that they don't any environmental cases. There really isn't any precedent for this run of anti-environmental rulings. legal-planet.org/2025/10/06/f...

Appalling.

I think faculty at USC should jump into court and sue to enjoin the letter's "offer". which clearly violates the First Amendment.

Trump's rollbacks tend to use the same arguments over and over again. That should make it easy to create templates for rulemaking comments and legal challenges. Which is a good thing, since the rollbacks will be coming hot and heavy. legal-planet.org/2025/10/02/c...

A new D.C. Circuit case amplified the damage that a recent Supreme Court case did to NEPA, in a case where that was totally unnecessary. legal-planet.org/2025/09/30/n...

Some day, when Trump is out of the White House, his successor will face a big challenge: how to rebuild a ravaged government. Here are some strategies that might help. Advance planning is the key for a new Administration's success. legal-planet.org/2025/09/29/r...

Here's the irony: in an effort to force universities to based on decisions on what it considers merit, the Trump Administration is planning ... to no longer base research funding on the project's merit. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

If we want both environmental quality and new infrastructure, we need to do some hard thinking about what NEPA is trying to accomplish and how we can do that better. Otherwise, we risk "reforms" that throw out the baby with the bathwater. legal-planet.org/2025/09/25/r...

China pledges for the first time to cut its emissions rather than slowing increase -- and takes a shot at Trump in the process. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Was the rapture supposed to happen today? I've been working from home -- hope I didn't miss out.

Within the government, the war on science is over, and ignorance has won. Here, in Trump's own words, are the government's views of vaccine safety, autism, climate science, and energy technologies. legal-planet.org/2025/09/23/i...

Five news items from last week alone about the Trump Administration's ongoing war on science. Time after time, the government puts ideology ahead of scientific knowledge in public health and environmental protection. legal-planet.org/2025/09/22/t...

When Trump arrogates to himself the power to decide who should be paid and for what, or what federal offices should exist, or whether to obey court orders…. Well, all I can say is that the Constitution has something to say about that.https: //legal-planet.org/2025/09/18/the-forgotten-constitution/

A new ruling from the D.C. Circuit boosts solar+battery facilities, with an Obama appointee and a Trump appointee in the majority. By overruling Chevron, the Supreme Court took away the agency's flexibility to adopt a different stance under Trump. legal-planet.org/2025/09/15/t...

Last week, the D.C. Circuit ruled on an important PURPA issue, handing solar energy producers a big win. @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/09/15/t...

EPA employees were well within their rights with the dissent letter they wrote. @dfarber1950.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/09/11/v...

EPA is coming down hard on workers who had the gall to write a public letter criticizing the agency's direction. That's a clear violation of their First Amendment rights. Government workers don't check their free speech rights at the door. legal-planet.org/2025/09/11/v...

The U.S. healthcare system is being run by a crackpot who thinks he can diagnose kids' biochemistry by walking through an airport. His control of healthcare puts all of us at gisk. legal-planet.org/2025/09/08/t...

i would opt for renaming DOD the “Department of Alternative Dispute Resolution “. They’re in the business of resolving disputes, and not through litigation.

Thank you, President Trump, for opening the door to carbon tariffs, writes @dfarber1950.bsky.social. "Democrats should make it clear that this will be on the agenda if the Supreme Court upholds Trump’s tariffs." legal-planet.org/2025/09/04/t...

Having a conservative at a university's helm doesn't seem to help in faceoffs with the Trump Administration. The #2 person at Harvard is one of the leading conservative legal scholars in the country. And then there's this. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

If the Supreme Court upholds Trump's tariffs, the next President should declare a climate change emergency and impose carbon tariffs on all imports. legal-planet.org/2025/09/04/t...

Since Labor Day is about workers, it's a good time to ask whatever happened to federal protections against toxics in the implementation has been week at best. Short answer: unions were the law's key backers, and they've withered. legal-planet.org/2025/09/01/t...