06-17-2019, 04:04 PM
https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/u-s-supreme-court-upholds-virginia-s-right-to-ban/article_0ba64fd1-1cdd-5cac-ad78-f0155c0c5190.html
Tl;dr: Virginia has had a ~30 year ban on uranium mining, and as such has one of the largest untapped deposits of uranium ore in the country. A company sued to gain access, but SCOTUS upheld the state's right to control over its natural resources. It was 6-3, with the liberal and conservative justices in favor unable to join together in an opinion, so there are two concurring opinions for three justices each, and one dissent from Roberts, Breyer, and Alito.
I've talked before about being big into water politics, and this is a huge win for clean water. But it is also a big win for states regarding control of their own land.
Tl;dr: Virginia has had a ~30 year ban on uranium mining, and as such has one of the largest untapped deposits of uranium ore in the country. A company sued to gain access, but SCOTUS upheld the state's right to control over its natural resources. It was 6-3, with the liberal and conservative justices in favor unable to join together in an opinion, so there are two concurring opinions for three justices each, and one dissent from Roberts, Breyer, and Alito.
I've talked before about being big into water politics, and this is a huge win for clean water. But it is also a big win for states regarding control of their own land.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
