U.S. environmental law has survived every political assault and grown stronger after each

Evidence

Environmental law in the United States has been surprisingly persistent— almost stubbornly so. It has not proved to be a “flash in the pan.” In fact, the opposite has occurred. … Environmental protection law in the United States has not only surmounted each major past challenge, but paradoxically it seems to have rebounded and thrived as a result of those challenges. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 21

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 3 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Environmental statutes are radical redistributive acts passed through deliberately conservative institutions — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 18; Reagan’s environmental attacks tripled green-group membership and quintupled donations — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 528; Legislative defeat still elevated environmental justice in Washington — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 131 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Environmental law survived the loss of presidential support through Congress, courts, and advocacy groups. #corroborates (0.85) — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 372
• Hotly contested congressional statutes prove highly durable once enacted as permanent law. #corroborates (0.80) — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 4340