The most heartening, and maybe most important, event of the Trump Administration so far arrived just after 1 A.M., on Saturday, in the form of an unsigned order from the Supreme Court. The order—responding to an emergency request to prevent the immediate removal of Venezuelan migrants—was gratifyingly unambiguous. “The Government,” it said, “is directed not … Read more
Amid the chaos of a week when the world nearly witnessed its first global depression caused by the caprice of a single man, Donald Trump took some time to reflect on another recent demonstration of Presidential power—his January order for the Army Corps of Engineers to unleash billions of gallons of water from federally controlled … Read more
When Donald Trump was inaugurated for the first time, in January, 2017, Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law launched the Climate Deregulation Tracker. Four years and a hundred and seventy-six entries later, when Joe Biden took office, the tool was renamed the Climate Reregulation Tracker. Last month, the tool was renamed again: it’s … Read more
