This article explores a series of hypotheses regarding environmental law scholarship based on an empirical review. In NEPA cases, the Solicitor General has generally outlitigated NEPA plaintiffs, and, within the Court, no Justice was more influential than Justice, and later Chief Justice, William Rehnquist. This new "moment" has as its modifier an uppercase "Republican" rather than a lowercase "republican." Harvard University Center for the EnvironmentHarvard Law SchoolOffice: Areeda 329Email: lazarus@law.harvard.eduAssistant: Melinda Eakin (617) 496-8015Web: Richard J. Lazarus | Harvard University Center for the Environment The Court grants the petitions filed by the expert members of the bar at a significantly higher rate and they also prevail on the merits more frequently. Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of Insights on Law & Society. The final ruling, by a razor-thin 5–4 margin, made possible important environmental safeguards which the Trump administration now seeks to unravel. Whether any such concern then was justified, the concern now is quite different: too little change rather than too much. A close review of the cases, including the advocacy before the Court in each case, and the deliberations within the Court during its decision-making process, reveals instead a far more nuanced and less one-sided understanding of the rulings, and underscores the significance of effective advocacy both before the Court by arguing counsel and within the Court by the Justices themselves. Counsel of Record for Respondent St. Croix County. 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NEPA 's story before the Supreme Court is, therefore, not a happy one for NEPA enthusiasts, but the story is not nearly as dismal as routinely supposed. Posted: 17 Nov 1999. If So, Not Necessarily a Good One, Justice Gorsuch Faces Case Where Neither Choice Entirely Satisfactory, The Dignity of the States Is Being Lost in Environmental Litigation, A Big Blow Against the "Regulatory Takings" Economic Loss Argument. [F]or the sake of our children and our… Commentary by Richard J. Lazarus. International, Foreign & Comparative Law (1). Submit a Paper . Richard Lazarus is the Howard and Katherine Aibel Professor of Law at Harvard University, where he teaches environmental law, natural resources Law, Supreme Court advocacy, and torts. The final ruling, by a razor-thin 5–4 margin, made possible important environmental safeguards which the Trump administration now seeks to unravel. Harvard Law School professor Richard J. Lazarus offered new insights into climate law in a Harvard Kennedy School webinar on his new book, “The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at … In October 1999, Mendelson hand-delivered a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency asking it to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from new cars. Robin Bravender, E&E News reporter . A generation ago, environmental law scholars would routinely comment on how the only constant in environmental law was change: its dynamic nature. 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