New York Times: Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. did not seem happy during a Supreme Court argument on Monday about whether the Clean Water Act applies to runoff from logging roads. The source of his frustration was a last-minute action from the Environmental Protection Agency that was expressly calculated to address the legal issues before the court. “Were you as surprised as we were?” Chief Justice Roberts asked a lawyer for the government, referring to a new regulation, issued Friday afternoon, that said permits......
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E.P.A. Rule Complicates Supreme Court Case on Logging Runoff
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 4th, 2012
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