The EPA and Corps of Engineers are still pushing litigation.
The sooner Trump pulls the plug on these particular economy-killing swamp creatures and allows them to be sucked down the drain the better.
It can take a while for the ship of state to turn about.
Bureaucracies are interesting. On the one hand, they can have tremendous inertia. On the other hand, they try to be responsive and “get with the program.” Under normal circumstances, a few phone calls from on high, would stop this cold.
I’m confident EPA people voted for Hillary, and before her, Obama, by overwhelming percentages (say 95%). Scott Pruitt has to manage a recalcitrant EPA.
Presidential pardon. Stroke of the pen. Done and done.