Factoid/2004/02/06
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Bush Judicial Nominee a Career Mining and Grazing Lawyer-Lobbyist
- "Before he joined the Interior Department, Myers was an activist lawyer and lobbyist for the grazing and mining industries; he unsuccessfully argued in Supreme Court briefs that Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act safeguards were unconstitutional." - excerpt from an article concerning Bush nominee William G. Myers III to a lifetime seat on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Ninth Circuit oversees nine states and two territories containing more than 485 million acres of federal lands. The court routinely hears cases concerning the protection and management of our public lands. The article containing this excerpt is at http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=122-02032004
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