Ellen Steen

Interior’s Sue and Settle Order Exposes Secret Settlements with Activists
Interior’s Sue and Settle Order Exposes Secret Settlements with Activists
According to the American Farm bureau federation, activists have grown rich by suing the government and reaping billions of taxpayers’ dollars.  However, the U.S. Department of Interior, has issued an order to curb this “abuse of basic, democratic processes and to open backroom deals to public scrutiny,” according to an AFBF news release. The organization notes tha...
AFBF Asking Court To Block WOTUS
AFBF Asking Court To Block WOTUS
A coalition led by the American Farm Bureau Federation is asking a federal district court in Texas to issue a nationwide stay blocking WOTUS.  AFBF general counsel Ellen Steen said a stay is needed following a Supreme Court decision that ruled jurisdiction of the rule lies in federal district courts, not federal appeals courts, where a nationwide stay of the rule was issued in 2015.  ...