Another Loss For Shitstain's Crack Legal Team; Fed. Judge Dismisses Cap & Trade Suit Against CA
California beat President Donald Trump’s efforts to water down its signature climate-change initiative, a market-based program that’s designed to reduce carbon emissions.
A federal judge in Sacramento on Friday dismissed a lawsuit the Trump administration filed challenging California’s cap-and-trade program, which requires hundreds of businesses to purchase carbon credits or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The program, a centerpiece of the 2006 global warming law signed by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, has forced businesses to spend billions of dollars on the credits.
The decision marks the latest chapter in the court battles between the Trump administration and the state over a multitude of issues, including the environment and immigration. The two sides have spent much of the past two years in particular fighting over California’s efforts to rein in greenhouse gases.
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U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb, however, said California hasn’t exceeded its legal limits or intruded on Trump’s “foreign affairs power.” The federal government has shown no “concrete evidence that the President’s power to speak and bargain effectively with other countries has actually been diminished,” the judge wrote. In a tweet, Gov. Gavin Newsom called Shubb’s decision a “clear victory in an unwarranted and vindictive lawsuit against California.”
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