by ridgelinecenter | Apr 14, 2026
This article examines President Trump’s use of emergency powers during his second term, concluding that compared to recent administrations, he has invoked these powers more frequently, across a broader range of issues, and as a routine tool for advancing...
by ridgelinecenter | Oct 22, 2025
The Supreme Court has enabled a dramatic expansion of executive power during the first nine months of the Trump Administration. Much of this has occurred with minimal or no explanation on the emergency docket, allowing the Administration to proceed without any...
by ridgelinecenter | Jun 1, 2025
This article in Lewis & Clark’s Environmental Law Review, 55 Envtl. L. 449 (2025), demonstrates how lower courts have applied the Supreme Court’s 1944 decision in Skidmore v. Swift & Co. in the immediate seven months after the Court’s 2024 decision in...
by ridgelinecenter | Jun 1, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court formally embraced the Major Questions Doctrine (MQD) in its groundbreaking decision in West Virginia v. EPA. On its face, the doctrine is limited to “extraordinary cases … in which the history and the breadth of the authority that the...
by ridgelinecenter | May 6, 2024
Volts is a podcast about leaving fossil fuels behind. In this episode, Executive Director Jonas Monast and Director of Policy Analysis Grace Van Horn do a deep analysis on the EPA’s recently finalized carbon pollution standards for power plants.
