Trump taps WOTUS, Clean Power Plan foe for 9th Circuit

摘要

President Trump's pick for a key appellate court has a long history of fighting Obama-era environmental protections. If the Senate confirms Lawrence VanDyke to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the deputy assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's environment division would hold a lifetime appointment to a court that has knocked down some of the Trump administration's signature environmental and energy actions.