Supreme Court and the States: A Focus on Administrative and Environmental Law in the Prior Term and Trends to Come

Much of mod­ern admin­is­tra­tive and envi­ron­men­tal law rests on long­stand­ing prece­dent out of the Supreme Court. States have long relied on these doc­trines to pro­tect their rights. Now with changes in both the pres­i­den­cy and the Court, much hangs in the bal­ance. This con­ver­sa­tion between Solic­i­tors Gen­er­al cov­ered last term’s cas­es and the upcom­ing ones on the Court’s dock­et, and the poten­tial impact that the cas­es could have on states. This pro­gram was co-host­ed by the State Ener­gy & Envi­ron­men­tal Impact Cen­ter and the State and Local Legal Center.