# Trump’s sneaky plan to gut Endangered Species Act draws from 1995 Scalia dissent

https://mins.news/en/item/69150

- Ars Technica, 2026-09-22 14:29 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/trumps-sneaky-plan-to-gut-endangered-species-act-draws-from-1995-scalia-dissent/

> An internal memo quietly circulated to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offices directs staff to radically reinterpret the Endangered Species Act. The guidance would prohibit only actions specifically intended to target animals, potentially leaving conduct such as accidentally striking whales or felling trees containing bats outside the law’s reach.