This brief, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of members of Congress as amici curiae, supports California’s challenge to a Department of Energy order directing pipeline operator Sable Offshore to ignore state law and restart operation under authority of the Defense Production Act (DPA). The brief argues that the Trump administration is abusing national defense powers to advance its fossil fuel agenda. 

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Categories: Brief
Tags: Administrative & Constitutional Law, State Authority
Author: Jay Duffy, Patrick Jacobi