What Supreme Court pick means for science
US president Donald Trump’s nominee for the US Supreme Court is “a bit of a cipher, particularly in the science-related areas of law”, says environmental-law scholar Robin Craig. But legal scholars say that a powerful conservative majority would be likely to further defang environmental regulation, temper the influence of federal science agencies in highly technical court cases and change the transparency required of such agencies. If confirmed, conservative legal scholar, appeals-court judge and law professor Amy Coney Barrett would take the seat vacated by the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg leaves behind a legacy of rulings that protect the environment and tended to defer to the expertise of government scientists.
Nature | 6 min read
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