How to Sue the President

2,960 views · Published 30 March 2018 · 2:27 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: NRDC · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Right now, the court system is one of our best defenses against President Trump. Since inauguration, NRDC has sued the Trump administration more than 50 times. As science writer Perrin Ireland depicts here, in these early stages, NRDC lawyers are using the courts to defend against the president’s more egregious actions with lawsuits called “facial challenges”—which means we think much of the administration’s actions is outright illegal. 

In follow-up videos, we will be asking the legal team about other types of cases NRDC is filing to try to stop the Trump administration’s anti-environmentalist agenda in its tracks. 


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