The court did not deal with the merits of the claims put forward by the environmental groups. It said, rather, that federal courts abused their discretion by ordering the Navy to limit sonar use in some cases and to turn it off altogether in others.
If Obama gets in there, I’m sure he’ll appoint justices who don’t care one bit about this nation’s defense. It wouldn’t surprise me if they’re as extreme as Justice Douglas who tried to stop the Vietnam War.