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The Wall's in Your Court
Enviros' border-fence appeal turned down by Supreme Court |
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23 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:14 AM on 23 Jun 2008 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 n ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, Department of Homeland Security, litigation, Mexico, national security, news, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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