California Seeks To Enjoin Democracy

Summary

California filed its latest lawsuit against the Trump administration last month in federal court in Washington, D.C. Like dozens of others, this lawsuit seeks to preserve enormously costly programs that give Sacramento power over national markets. But this suit is different in one striking respect. While couched as a request that the court somehow make the Environmental Protection Agency unsend four letters it recently transmitted to Congress, the real target is Congress itself. If successful, California would effectively enjoin the legislative process - an odd way to celebrate 250 years of...