Comments on Fish and Wildlife Service Proposal to Rescind the Blanket Rule Option

The Institute for Policy Integrity challenges the Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) proposal to remove the "blanket rule," which applies endangered species prohibitions to threatened species by default. The Institute asserts that the FWS's rationale is flawed because the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals previously found the rule consistent with the statute and because recent Supreme Court decisions do not mandate the withdrawal of regulations upheld by prior judicial decisions.

• The Institute for Policy Integrity contends that the Fish and Wildlife Service's rationale for rescinding the blanket rule is flawed because the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit previously indicated that the rule aligns with the best statutory reading.
• The Institute argues that current legal developments do not require the FWS to withdraw the blanket rule, as they do not overturn the effect of previous judicial decisions that upheld such regulations.

APA

Sarinsky, M. (2025). Comments on Fish and Wildlife Service Proposal to Rescind the Blanket Rule Option. Institute for Policy Integrity. https://policyintegrity.org/projects/update/comments-on-fish-and-wildlife-service-endangered-species

Chicago

Sarinsky, Max. Comments on Fish and Wildlife Service Proposal to Rescind the Blanket Rule Option. Institute for Policy Integrity, 2025. https://policyintegrity.org/projects/update/comments-on-fish-and-wildlife-service-endangered-species.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{sarinsky2025comments, author = {Sarinsky, Max}, title = {{Comments on Fish and Wildlife Service Proposal to Rescind the Blanket Rule Option}}, publisher = {Institute for Policy Integrity}, year = {2025}, month = dec, url = {https://policyintegrity.org/projects/update/comments-on-fish-and-wildlife-service-endangered-species}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }