Environmental groups filed suits Thursday in Montana alleging that a congressional rider requiring removal of Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains violated the constitutional separation of powers. The rider, attached to a federal budget bill last month by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, is unconstitutional because it influences pending litigation without changing underlying law, and because it provides that wolf delisting shall not be subject to judicial review, according to one suit from the Center for Biological Diversity and another from Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Clearwater and WildEarth Guardians. The suits will be heard by U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, who restored ESA protections for northern Rocky Mountain wolves in August after they were delisted the first time around...more
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Monday, May 09, 2011
Enviros Slam Gray Wolf Delisting As Unconstitutional
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What is unconstitutional is the continued misapplication of the constitution to the states by the federal fools who live in DC.
Who cares what happens to the gray wolf? It is a predator that takes a greater and greater toll on what little production is left in this country.
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