Posted on 04/15/2019 4:08:09 PM PDT by jazusamo
The damned EPA ought to be shut down.
I agree, they’ve turned into a monster.
20 years ago, the DNR nearly shut down a large drainage project near me, claiming that the water running out of the bucket of the dragline as it dug the ditch, was contaminating the water IN the ditch.
disclosure...I was the one running the dragline
Google it.
If you can please post excerpts from the actual decision. The article seems to be quoting Judicial Watch's brief. What exactly did the Supreme Court decide and why?
They should be given neither nor mercy.
yeah. But the agency(s) involved don’t feel any remorse.
To have remorse you must have feelings.
True it’s a shame he died before being vindicated, but this sets a precedent so perhaps no one else will be treated the same in the future. Since we are no longer a nation of laws, I must use the word perhaps. In the past it would have been a certainty, but not anymore.
nothing on the internets about this case except Judicial Watch ...
If the Supreme Court reversal of the Nutty Ninth’s totally warped and insane decision in this case is put into effect, IT WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WETLAND CASE DECISIONS IN DECADES.
There are good reasons to protect wetlands and there are bad reasons to seize a person’s property, levy outrageous fines, and even inflict jail sentences (esp. on those who cannot defend themselves because of the expense and time involved).
I’ve worked on a few minor wetland cases (logical solutions seems to elude the Govt side in several) and was glad when the Govt lost in Rapanos, etc.
More clear thinking was needed to look at these cases but under the Obama EPA, that was not going to be.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is being changed by Trump successfully appointing sane, logical, and practical judges to it. It will take time, but this is a court that must be changed because it is literally the most powerful Circuit court in the country.
A decent balance must be struck between overbearing and authoritarian laws/decisions and common sense, practicality, and “just” laws.
It is a shame that this veteran literally died because of this stinking Court. Time to stop this practice, forever.
The entire prosicutorial staff should be held personally liable to make all financial restitution. The taxpayers should not be punished for their malfeasance or misfeasance.
I looked on the Supreme Court website for an opinion on this, and couldn’t find it either under “Opinions of the Court” or “Opinions related to orders”
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