[jazusamo]

Judge Molloy Ping!

[Flycatcher]

Molloy, of Missoula, Mont., previously ruled against two federal rules that delisted wolves and scolded Congress Wednesday, saying the so-called wolf rider attached to a federal spending bill last May undermined and disrespected the rule of law.

Well if anyone knows how to undermine and disrespect the rule of law, it's certainly Judge Molloy. Ha ha!

Thanks for the ping, Jaz. And no doubt it must have nearly killed him to let this ruling stand!

[george76]

Center for Biological Diversity director Kieran Suckling said Molloy essentially provided directions for reversing the government’s case.

“If you have to lose a court case, this is about the best possible way to do it,” Suckling said on Wednesday. “He lays out the pathway for environmentalists to appeal the decision to the Ninth Circuit and have it overturned.”

“He leaves that open here,” Suckling said. “I think if a new wolf listing decision can be made, we can start again from scratch and aren’t held back by the rider

http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_46773a76-be2d-11e0-a73f-001cc4c03286.html