The Trump administration and the state of California — often at odds — will argue together before the Supreme Court that oil and biofuel interests don’t have the standing to challenge the state’s long-standing authority to set strict tailpipe emissions for vehicles.
The Supreme Court on Monday granted the administration’s request to share its time with California and other blue states when the high court hears a case challenging its authority waiver on April 23.
The federal government will get 15 minutes and a coalition of Democratic-led states, led by California, will get 15 minutes, under the request from acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris.
Though the administration opposes the waiver that provides California with the authority, at issue when the court hears Diamond Alternative Energy v. EPA is whether the business interests have the legal standing to challenge that authority.
