Memo to EPA: It’s Illegal to Respond to Letters from Senators (at least in the Eighth Circuit)

I thought about entitling this post “Lamest Judicial Opinion of the Year.”  The case is called Iowa League of Cities v. EPA. This Eighth Circuit opinion says that two letters from EPA to a U.S. Senator are legally binding agency rules, The court then solemnly invalidates the letters because EPA failed to get public notice and […]