.@heinzerlaw opens panel for #Weyerhaeuser Co. v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service post- #SCOTUS argument event. "How did it go this morning?"
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"It went well. It was an engaged court." "The questions showed that the Justices read their briefs and understood our argument." "It's tough to predict. But I thought that we had a good morning before the court." Chad M. Clamage, Counsel for Petitioner Weyerhaeuser Co.
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"I thought that the Justices were talking past each other." "It was hard for me to see a common theme among the opinions of the Justices." -
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Chad Clamage says no proof that the designation helps the
#duskygopherfrog at all. "The designation of it as a critical habit does not compel the land owner to do anything."#SCOTUS2 replies 0 retweets 1 likeShow this thread -
The gov't acknowledged that land was not an ideal habitat for the frog, but backtracked before the court says counsel for petitioner Chad Clamage.
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"I wrote a brief on behalf of a group of esteemed scientists who study habitat and conservation biology....my clients say "let's assume habitat needs a meaning, does habit necessarily imply it's habitable? That's not the way scientists look at this."
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"Habitat has meaning. It's the idea that a species or creature can live somewhere. When you change habitat, you're saying that non-habitat can become habitat with reasonable changes. In that case, anything can be a habitat." Mark Miller, counsel for respondents
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While true that gov't can't force land owner to create a habitat, the designation of critical habitat severely imposes on the owner: reduces property value, regulatory regime on any development. - Chad M. Clamage, Counsel for Petitioner
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