The Supreme Court this week handed down a decision in Winters v. National Resources Defense Council, a case revolving around the Navy’s use of sonar and its impact on the environment. The Court ruled 7-2 that the Navy was justified in the use of a particular form of sonar and that the impact on the [...]

The Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments in Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, a case revolving around Navy sonar exercises off the coast of California and their potential impact on the environment. Justices on both sides of the normal ideological division seemed unpersuaded by the NRDC. Justice Breyer at one time asked, I will express [...]

On April 17, 2007, the Court will hear oral arguments in the consolidated cases of National Association of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife and EPA v. Defenders of Wildlife. The Clean Water Act requires the EPA to approve state programs designed coordinate with the National Pollutatant Discharge Ellimination System that adhere to nine criterea. [...]

After an unnecessarily long summary of the Court’s Decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, you should all be firmiliar with the arguments in the case. The blawgosphere has gone into convulsions over the ruling, with conservative reactions ranging from a newfound fear of global dehydration to cries of judicial activism. Liberal blawgs have very little to [...]

In an unusually busy day, the Supreme Court handed down three very interesting rulings in cases that ranged from Guantanamo Bay to the EPA. In Boumediene v. Bush and Odah v. US, cases argued together, the Court refused to grant two inmates petitions of certiorari. Justices Stevens and Kennedy penned an opinion in favor of [...]