EPA gifts a domestic emolument to Trump’s golf courses Posted on October 22, 2019 (June 12, 2020) Challenging Corruption Today, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers finalized a rollback of a 2015 clean water protection known as the “waters of the United States rule.” While this has been expected since Trump ordered it early in his presidency, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s a violation of the Constitution’s DomesticRead More
EPA rolls back clean water protections, and Trump’s golf courses stand to benefit Posted on September 13, 2019 (June 12, 2020) Challenging Corruption The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers finalized a rollback of clean water protections. The rollback will mean higher profits for many private golf courses. And in the case of President Trump’s golf courses, that violates the Constitution. Background The details of the regulation are somewhat complicated. The federal Clean Water ActRead More
Public Interest Groups to EPA: Constitution Forbids Weakening Clean Water Protections to Benefit Trump’s Golf Courses Posted on April 5, 2019 (April 15, 2019) Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People and the New Jersey-based Raritan Headwaters Association filed a comment arguing that the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are constitutionally prohibited from relaxing a Clean Water Act protection so as to benefit presidentially-owned golf courses. Background The process for this rule has been somewhat complex. In 2015,Read More
President Trump’s National Water Hazard Posted on July 27, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Thanks to an Executive Order signed by President Trump, the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers are poised to give a huge break to the President’s golf courses by rolling back a key part of the Clean Water Act.Read More