Environmental Rollbacks: Will the Trump Administration Overplay Its Hand?

The Trump Administration's tendency to rely on bold legal arguments rather than detailed technical ones is a disadvantage in court.   Courts defer to agencies on factual matters, especially those that involve technical expertise.  Now that Chevron has been overruled, however, legal arguments by agencies don’t get the same deference. Thus, the chances of a judicial reversal are higher when the agency relies on purely legal grounds.