It turns out that unraveling Barack Obama's environmental agenda is harder than it looks.
Federal judges have ruled against the Trump administration three times in the last three days, arguing that the administration short-circuited the regulatory process in its push to reverse policies on water protections, chemical plant safety operations and the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. In each instance, the courts either reinstated the existing rule or delayed the administration's proposal from taking effect.
On Friday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency's move to delay new chemical and safety requirements was "arbitrary and capricious.