Trump administration may appeal Pendley ouster; Interior Secretary to lead Bureau of Land Management for now - Entrepreneur Generations

The Department of the Interior will not name a new acting director to lead the Bureau of Land Management after its leader was ousted by a federal judge, top officials told employees in an email obtained by The Hill. Instead the job will be left to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt," Rebecca Beitsch reports. 

A federal judge in Montana ruled Friday that BLM's controversial acting director, William Perry Pendley, had served unlawfully in that role for 424 days. "The decision was in response to a suit from Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D), who argued Pendley, whose nomination to lead the BLM was pulled by the White House last month, was illegally serving in his role through a series of temporary orders," Beitsch reports.

"The President cannot shelter unconstitutional 'temporary' appointments for the duration of his presidency through a matryoshka doll of delegated authorities," wrote Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana in the court's 34-page ruling.

An Interior Department spokesperson said an appeal is planned but did not give a timeline, Kirk Siegler reports for NPR.

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