History's on California's Side in Emissions Imbroglio With Trump
- Professors say most populous state has law, facts on its side
- Adminstration claims sole power to regulate tailpipe standards
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President Donald Trump declared the federal government is done with five decades of letting California police its own air quality.
But it’s judges who will have the last word. Some law professors doubt Trump can defend canceling a program that allows the most-populous American state to set tougher automotive greenhouse emissions standards than those of the U.S. government.