Posted on 02/04/2008 9:59:38 PM PST by chaos_5
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The Navy must follow environmental laws placing strict limits on sonar training that opponents argue harms whales, despite President Bush's decision to exempt it, a federal judge ruled Monday.
A federal judge ruled that the Navy must limit sonar training that some say hurts whales.
The Navy is not "exempted from compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act" and a court injunction creating a 12 nautical-mile no-sonar zone off Southern California, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper wrote in a 36-page decision.
"We disagree with the (exemption) judge's decision," White House spokesman Tony Fratto said. "We believe the (exemption) orders are legal and appropriate."
Navy spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Cindy Moore said the military was studying the decision.
The president signed a waiver January 15 exempting the Navy and its anti-submarine warfare exercises from a preliminary injunction creating a 12 nautical-mile no-sonar zone off Southern California. The Navy's attorneys argued in court last week that he was within his legal rights.
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Federal District courts are trial courts. This ruling is not the final ruling. It will certainly be appealed.
Let me guess: Was he/she a Carter or a Clinton appointee?
Clinton.
If you're caught banging a soup spoon on a frying pan within 100 yards of the water you'll be arrested??
That judge is an idiot!
Navy to judge. We don’t work for you, piss off.
http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2845
Cooper, Florence-Marie
Born 1940 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Central District of California
Nominated by William J. Clinton on July 14, 1999, to a seat vacated by Linda H. McLaughlin; Confirmed by the Senate on November 10, 1999, and received commission on November 15, 1999.
Education:
City College of San Francisco, 1971
Whittier College School fo Law, J.D., 1975
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Arthur Alarcon, appellate department, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1975-1977
Deputy city attorney, Los Angeles, CA, 1977
Senior research attorney, Hon. Arthur Alarcon, Second Appellate District, California Court of Appeal, 1978-1980
Senior research attorney, Hon. Woods, Second Appellate District, California Court of Appeal, 1980-1983
Adjunct professor, San Fernando Valley College School of Law, 1980-1985
Court commissioner, Los Angeles Superior Court, CA, 1983-1990
Judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court, CA, 1990-1991
Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court, CA, 1991-1999
Race or Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Gee, everybody’s blaming the judge. Who pushed this law? Reverse it (change the law) in congress.
If you get a brokered Convention John McCain will be your nominee since the bulk of the Party Establishement back him. Voting for Huckabee is a vote for McCain.
It might be more helpful if we had her home address, phone numbers, pictures, pictures of children, etc.
Blaming the Judge because decision is based on upholding a court ruling not on a law.
A CANADIAN?! WTF?!
No, that how the Left does it on their wack job website. We aren't gutter slime like them. We win because our ideas are better, not by trying to terrorize the opposition into silence like the Leftists do. What information that is made freely available in the public record is sufficient.
In the bottom of the pile, there's a law in there somewhere. The original court ruling was regarding an existing law, was it not? Or do court rulings form a perfect circle?
As I said: Change the friggin' law in congress. It would be a good project for conservatives to do as practice for whenever they assume leadership.
I’m not so sure. The “Party Establishment” will back whoever seems to be leading because he’s the one who’ll give them jobs in the new administration. Delegates I think would be more inclined to be independent, though I might be mistaken.
At least the odds of McCain getting less than 1191 delegates before the convention is a lot higher than the odds of any other candidate getting more delegates than McCain.
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