How the West Was Pissed

From the WashPost:

"Using language that suggests they are fed up with the Bush administration, federal judges across the West have issued a flurry of rulings in recent weeks, chastising the government for repeated and sometimes willful failure to enforce laws protecting fish, forests, wildlife and clean air.

In decisions in Oregon, California, Montana and Wyoming, judges have criticized the judgment, expertise and, in some cases, integrity of the federal agencies that manage natural resources on public lands."

Dan Rohlf (a law professor at Lewis & Clark Law School) says, "You are seeing frustration in the federal judiciary. When judges express that frustration on paper, which is not all that often, they are often reflecting what they see as a systematic effort to get around the law."

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Judges are supposedly chosen for their even-temperedness and lack of excitability. Anything that riles a judge is probably pretty darn serious. (The Bush Corp qualifies as serious).

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