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In today’s ruling to lift the injunction while the case continues, Judge Andrew Kleinfeld said Cooper had failed to consider the national interest in military preparedness. “We are currently engaged in war, in two countries,” said Kleinfeld, joined by Judge Consuelo Callahan. “There are no guarantees extending from 2007 to 2009 or at any other time against other countries deciding to engage us, or our determining that it is necessary to engage other countries. “The safety of the whales must be weighed, and so must the safety of our warriors. And of our country.”

This came out of the ninth circus??? Wow. Perhaps hell has frozen over.

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Profile of Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by: President Bush, 1991

Born: June 12, 1945 in New York, New York

Education: BA, Wesleyan 1966; JD, Harvard 1969

Law Practice: Private practice in Fairbanks, Alaska (1971-86)

Judicial Appointments: United States Magistrate, part-time (1970-73); United States District Court for the District of Alaska (1986-91); Ninth Circuit (1991-present)

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Ninth District held in favor of the military? Unbelievable! It is the end of the world as we know it. May have to place a bet that the sun will not come up tomorrow.