I swear this most be a Clinton or Carter appointee. I'll find out and let you know:
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Monday barring the Navy from using a type of sonar, allegedly harmful to marine mammals, during a Pacific warfare exercise scheduled to begin this week.We are at war and fish are more important than a prepared military? Sometimes I feel like I'm Alice in Wonderland. Al-Qaida must be so please with our judiciary, it will make it much easier to fight us when we tie the militaries hands behind their back.
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U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper wrote in her order that the plaintiffs "have shown a possibility that RIMPAC 2006 will kill, injure, and disturb many marine species, including marine mammals, in waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands."
(Link via Drudge Report -- of course, who else)
Updated to add: So, I was right (of course) and it was Clinton and guess who recommended her? No, not Barbara Boxer (that would have been good) no, it was Dianne Feinstein:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein has reportedly recommended that the president nominate Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper to McLauglin's seat.Now, here's the point, can we really afford to let another Clinton pick our federal judges? Judges who jeopardize our lives for the sake of fish.