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    Michael Hiltzik: Can Trump legally revoke California's clean air waiver? Short answer: Probably not.

    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Sep 19, 2019 5 minutes

    President Trump's latest attempt to stick his thumb in California's eye - the revocation of the state's treasured authority to set its own auto emissions rules - rests on very shaky legal ground, experts say.

    At the very least, the move to revoke the state's Clean Air Act waiver will lead to an intense legal battle that could delay the revocation past the 2020 election, the outcome of which could make his maneuver moot.

    "The legislative history of the Clean Air Act is deep and strong, and very bipartisan," says Sean Donahue, an attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund. "There's no question there's going to be an aggressive legal attack" on the revocation.

    The litigants are sure to include California - which already has promised to take Trump to court - as well as environmental organizations and

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