Environmental
Jun. 25, 2009
Justices Stick to the Narrow Issues on Environmental Cases
Many of the Supreme Court's most recent environmental cases were tailored very narrowly, writes Norman A. Dupont.
By Norman A. Dupont
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2008 term included five environmental cases. Three of those cases turned not on momentous issues of constitutional law or deference to legislative or administrative decisions, but rather on narrow issues of evidence. In these three cases, the Roberts court stuck to its general mantra of "decide what's immediately before you, no more, no less."
In Winters v. Natural Resources D...
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