news.yahoo.com - 11/12/2008
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AP - The Supreme Court is lifting restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar in training exercises off the California coast, a defeat for environmental groups who say the sonar can harm whales.
scotusblog.com - 11/12/2008
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The Supreme Court, dividing deeply, upheld the Navy’s
power to use sonar in military training exercises, even
though the technology threatens marine life in the training zone off the Pacific Coast. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., wrote for ...
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Court rules for Navy in sonar use
crooksandliars.com - 11/15/2008
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crooksandliars.com —
While progressives everywhere are basking in the knowledge
that liberal Democrats now control two of the three
estates of the federal government, it is worth remembering that despite the voters' mandate, the Right still controls (barely, by a one-vote ...
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Navy gets all-clear from Supreme Court to harm whales
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Court rules for Navy in dispute over sonar, whales
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Environmental groups persuaded lower federal courts in California to impose restrictions on sonar use in submarine-hunting exercises to protect whales and other marine mammals. The Bush administration argued that there is little evidence of harm to marine life in more than 40 years of exercises off the California coast. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, which was joined by Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_on_go_su_co/scot... BASTIDS!
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