Federal judge rolls back key civil rights protections in Louisiana’s ‘sacrifice zones’

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By Lylla YounesAug 23, 2024, 5:35 pm135 pts
Earlier this week, in a culmination of a decade-long fight, James Cain, a federal judge in Louisiana who was appointed by president Trump, decided to block the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice from pursuing enforcement actions based on “disparate impacts” — or the idea that a…

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