Trump’s sneaky plan to gut Endangered Species Act draws from 1995 Scalia dissent

Dismissing accidental deaths Trump’s sneaky plan to gut Endangered Species Act draws from 1995 Scalia dissent Trump adopts Scalia’s ire for feds protecting populations of endangered animals.

14 Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States. Credit: Getty Images / Stringer | Hulton Archive Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States. Credit: Getty Images / Stringer | Hulton Archive Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav Last week, The New York Times reported that an internal memo had been quietly distributed across US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) field offices, directing staff to radically reinterpret the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in a move that blindsided conservationists.