Ars Technica
Trump’s sneaky plan to gut Endangered Species Act draws from 1995 Scalia dissent
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Donald Trump announced a proposal to revise the Endangered Species Act that incorporates legal reasoning from a 1995 dissent by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The proposal limits federal authority to protect animal populations on private land. Trump has not released the full text of the plan as of this report.
