I know there is some concern about his opinion and the way it is discussed
here agrees with what I have heard so far.
Here is what I know - When this decision came down there was not a cry from
environmentalists that this would cripple ESA. But, some of the people that
wear the black hats would take this decision and decide to twist everything
around.
It is my opinion that - U.S. Fish and Wildlife is more interested in trying
to get the states to take over ESA inmplementation more then they are ready
to try to prove that they don't have jurisdiction over species that are within
a state. Imagine - trying to prove if something only lives within one state
or not !!!! What a nightmare!!!
Cindy Hildebrand wrote:
[log in to unmask]">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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