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B.S. 1998, Northwestern University M.S. 2002, University of Michigan J.D., magna cum laude, 2002, University of Michigan
Administrative Law — Environmental Law
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In a recent article, Sanne Knudsen of University of Â鶹ÉçÇø of Law explores how the overlapping of administrative and environmental law can lead to judicial outcomes that “disregard” public-interest values. In addition to analyzing Supreme Court decisions, Knudsen argues that judicial-review doctrines should have built-in mechanisms to prevent the destabilization of environmental statutes.
Legal experts view Loper Bright as a major transfer of power from agencies to judges. “You have incredibly technical areas of law for which the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright has now paved a path for individual judges, or panels of three judges, to make decisions without having the technical expertise,” said Sanne Knudsen, a professor at the University of Â鶹ÉçÇø of Law, whose scholarship on deference doctrines has been cited by the Supreme Court.
The broader context of the decision, said Sanne Knudsen, professor of environmental law at the University of Washington, is that the Supreme Court seems to be on a deregulatory trend. She pointed to two separate cases challenging the Clean Water Act’s interpretation of the “waters of the United States.”
The broader context of today’s decision, said Sanne Knudsen, professor of environmental law at the University of Washington, is that the Supreme Court seems to be on a deregulatory trend. She pointed to two separate cases challenging the Clean Water Act’s interpretation of the “waters of the United States.”
The broader context of today’s decision, said Sanne Knudsen, professor of environmental law at the University of Washington, is that the Supreme Court seems to be on a deregulatory trend. She pointed to two separate cases challenging the Clean Water Act’s interpretation of the “waters of the United States.”
Experts describe ways to turn down the volume, from earbuds to smartphone apps that detect harmful noise levels. Sanne Knudsen, professor of environmental law at the Â鶹ÉçÇø, is quoted.
It’s the first lawsuit demanding the EPA do what Congress mandated, said Knudsen, an attorney with the Regulatory Environmental Law & Police Clinic at University of Â鶹ÉçÇø of Law in Seattle.
Because the mandatory 60-day window for advance notice of an upcoming lawsuit expired last week, Quiet Communities is now free to bring litigation at any time. In an email, Sanne Knudsen, a University of Washington law professor representing the group, said that EPA never replied to its March letter. Without specifying a date, Knudsen indicated that a suit is in the works over the agency’s “total failure to carry out the commands of the Noise Control Act for forty years.”
