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Key provisions of the clean-trucks program were declared unconstitutional last month by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in a parallel challenge brought by the American Trucking Assn. A ruling is expected April 27 in that case.
1 posted on 04/16/2009 9:59:43 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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The Judge, a pre-9/11 Bush appointee

Leon, Richard J.

Born 1949 in South Natick, MA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by George W. Bush on September 10, 2001, to a seat vacated by Norma Holloway Johnson; Confirmed by the Senate on February 14, 2002, and received commission on February 19, 2002.


2 posted on 04/16/2009 10:05:57 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: NormsRevenge

“Next month, shipping giant AP Moeller-Maersk will make a move that would have been unlikely a decade ago. A line of 6,000-container ships that now goes to Southern California will dock in Seattle instead.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123966509693815117.html

Just like water, go around an obstacle.


4 posted on 04/16/2009 10:47:06 AM PDT by twistedwrench
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