A federal judge has just ruled against President Trump after he banned all new wind energy projects on his first day in office, ruling in favor of 17 states and Washington DC, who sued to stop his ban.
The judge is a Clinton appointee.
Here’s more via the Washington Examiner:
On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump issued an executive order halting all federal approvals for development of offshore and onshore wind energy projects. Approvals were stopped pending an indefinite federal review of wind leasing and permitting.
Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favor of the 17 states and the District of Columbia, who sued Trump to resume wind energy development. The ruling said Trump’s executive order was “arbitrary and capricious” and contrary to law.
Attorneys general praised Saris’s ruling and warned what the end of wind energy would have done to their states.
I see this getting overturned very quickly. I think Trump prevails on appeal, and I doubt it will even have to go to the Supreme Court.