Court Issues Decision in Challenge to Trump’s Deregulatory Executive Order

A federal court ruled this week that CWA, Public Citizen, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have not yet shown that President Donald Trump's executive order requiring federal agencies to repeal two regulations for every new regulation issued is causing the sort of injury that permits them to pursue their challenge to the order in court.

CWA President Chris Shelton said, "Trump's executive order is a big favor to big business, and it puts workers' lives at risk. Health and safety regulations are written in the blood of working people, and this executive order treats those lifesaving rules like bargaining chips. Essentially, it tells workers: If you want to be free from asbestos, you'll need to contend with lead poisoning or infectious disease, because Trump's friends in the corporate world can’t be bothered with obeying commonsense health and safety rules. We shouldn’t have to wait for a member to get sick, or injured, or die because of this executive order before the courts will take action. We’re disappointed in the court's decision, but we’re not backing down from representing our members and defending workers' lives."

The court indicated that it may give CWA, Public Citizen, and the NRDC an opportunity to provide more evidence that the executive order is causing harm.

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