Bench Memos

Greens Gear Up

Environmental activist groups are ready to fight over the next Supreme Court nominee. In a recent release, BushGreenwatch.org warned that a Court vacancy could “spell disaster” for the environment. Yet the substance of the release doesn’t support the claim. Most of the recent cases cited to show the Supreme Court can have a big impact on environmental law were decided by nearly unanimous courts, so one new justice won’t make any difference.

Jonathan H. Adler is the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. His books include Business and the Roberts Court and Marijuana Federalism: Uncle Sam and Mary Jane.
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