Below is part of a message from a friend that did NOT make my day.  She is 
not certain of what she heard, but I thought I'd better post it anyway, so 
others can confirm or modify.

Cindy

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It sounds like our new Supreme Court nominee has expressed a minority opinion 
in regards to endangered species...that he didn't think it was constitutional 
in the case where he ruled...was listening to NPR this morning - can't 
remember the exact time or program, and was only half listening till the e word came 
up, had to be mid morning, since I was home around 11:00 I think.  The 
interviewer asked for an example of a case where this guys opinion was clear - since 
he has not ruled on all that many things they can examine (has argued before 
the SC several times - 39 seems like a lot but that was a number I remember) 
and the example given was described that way.  They were not discussing this in 
terms of environment, but in terms of a case where he has broken away from 
the pack, and that most courts find the Endangered Species Act constitutional 
and he says there are some examples where he believes it is not when it comes to 
individual species on private land that does not affect interstate commerce 
or such - that congress rules only on matters of interstate issues and that 
they should sit on their hands when it comes to all else....

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Cindy Hildebrand
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Ames, IA  50010

"Observed an Eclips of the Moon. I had no other glass to assist me in this 
observation but a small refracting telescope belonging to my sextant, 
which...enabled me to define the edge of the moon's immage with much more precision that 
I could have done with the natural eye."  (Meriwether Lewis)


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