US Politics
A Judicial Rebuke: The Court Draws a Line on Fabricated Energy Emergencies
A federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully used emergency powers to force a Michigan coal-fired power plant to stay open past its scheduled retirement, disrupting a carefully planned transition and imposing massive costs on the public. This ruling is a crucial defense of the rule of law against an administration that has cynically fabricated emergencies to prop up a dying, polluting industry at the expense of American communities, public health, and democratic governance.