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The Endangered Species Act’s Fall From Grace in the Supreme Court

August 1, 2012 by wpengine

By J.B. Ruhl

Thirty-five years ago, the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) had as auspicious a debut in the U.S. Supreme Court as any statute could hope for. In Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill, a majority of the Court proclaimed that the ESA was intended “to halt and reverse the trend toward species extinction, whatever the cost” and backed up those and other bold words by … [Read more…] about The Endangered Species Act’s Fall From Grace in the Supreme Court

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