Monday, June 29, 2015

Bitterroot National Forest Travel Plan/ Arizona Redistricting/ Power Plant Mercury


Missoulian: Justices uphold Arizona's system for redistricting
Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm’n
“The people of Arizona turned to the initiative to curb the practice of gerrymandering and, thereby, to ensure that Members of Congress would have “an habitual recollection of their dependence on the people.” The Federalist No. 57, at 350 (J. Madison). In so acting, Arizona voters sought to restore “the core principle of republican government,” namely, “that the voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around.” Berman, Managing Gerrymandering, 83 Texas L. Rev. 781 (2005). The Elections Clause does not hinder that endeavor.”


Missoulian: Justices rule against EPA power plant mercury limits
Michigan v. EPA
“Appropriate and necessary” is a capacious phrase. Read naturally against the backdrop of established administrative law, this phrase plainly encompasses cost. It is not rational, never mind “appropriate,” to impose billions of dollars in economic costs in return for a few dollars in health or environmental benefits.”

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