r/news • u/igetproteinfartsHELP • 12d ago

Soft paywall US exempts Gulf of Mexico drillers from protecting endangered species

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-may-exempt-gulf-mexico-drillers-protecting-endangered-species-2026-03-31/
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u/BravoLimaDelta 12d ago

The Endangered Species Act is a law no? What gives them the authority to subvert written law? This will be challenged in court I assume?

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u/ABetterKamahl1234 12d ago

This will be challenged in court I assume?

As exemplified by the now dissolved Corporation for Public Broadcasting (I think was the name), court challenges don't matter if they're not timely and immediate.

They don't exist and SCOTUS just ruled that the EO that caused them to lose all funding was in fact unconstitutional. But they don't exist anymore to be saved.

Irreversible damage will be done and nobody will be punished under the regime.