Homeland Security officials can continue to waive environmental laws to speed construction of a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club. The groups had argued that the eco-law-waiving power given to Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff in 2005 was unconstitutional. The fence section named specifically in the lawsuit has already been built; it runs through Arizona's San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, which is home to more than 250 species of migratory birds.
source: Reuters, Associated Press, The Monitor
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Comments View as Flat
Jason D Scorse Posted 5:01 am
23 Jun 2008
Very sad....
destroying the country in order to save it! What a novel idea....
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Cacaoatl Posted 5:11 pm
23 Jun 2008
Let's Scrap the Wall and the Agency that Built It
A wall along the US/Mexican border bad idea. Department of Homeland Security worse idea. Scrapping both good idea.
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caredun Posted 12:33 am
24 Jun 2008
Wall and the Agency that Built It
What a novel idea.buy the way.do you love gucci jewelry
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