Trump’s Pick for the Supreme Court Could Deepen the Risk for Its Most Crucial Climate Change Ruling

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, has written extensively about her belief that court precedent should not be “a hard and fast rule.” Climate advocates worry what the nominee’s positions may mean for the high court’s most important ruling on climate change, as well as for the more than 100 state-led cases challenging Trump’s environmental rollbacks.