Trump’s Department of Justice intervened in our lawsuit against xAI and argued that it has the authority to shut down citizen suits, which allow impacted communities to file lawsuits against polluters for violating the law. This is an attempt to strip power away from local communities, the courts, and Congress and consolidate power within the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
“It’s remarkable for the United States to intervene on behalf of a polluter in a case like this,” said Laura Thoms, the Director of Enforcement at Earthjustice, which represents the NAACP along with the Southern Environmental Law Center. “Ordinarily, they would intervene to enforce the law.”<\/p>\n
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