Eagles And Mockingbirds Catch A Break As Judge Strikes Down Trump Bird Opinion
In 2017, the Trump administration scaled back protections of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. A federal judge has now struck down the rule change — and cited To Kill a Mockingbird in so doing.
A federal judge in New York struck down a Trump administration decision to scale back U.S. government protections for migratory birds. The change by the administration would have allowed companies that accidentally kill migratory birds during the course of their work no longer to face the possibility of criminal prosecution.
, U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni cited the novelto support her decision.
