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| Alaska man can use hovercraft while moose hunting, Supreme Court says |
| 2019-03-28 |
| [FoxNews] Justice’s on the nation’s highest court reportedly sided unanimously with an Alaskan moose hunter on Tuesday, overturning the rulings of lower courts in his battle with the National Park Service (NPS). "We reverse the decision below and wish [John] Sturgeon good hunting," Justice Elena Kagan said in reading a summary of the decision. The Supreme Court’s ruling stemmed from a 2007 incident when Sturgeon, of Anchorage, Alaska, made use of a hovercraft while hunting moose along the state’s Nation River, which runs in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, The Associated Press reported. But Sturgeon was reportedly notified by multiple Park Service rangers at the time that using the hovercraft was unlawful. The agency had banned hovercraft in other states. In siding with Sturgeon, the Supreme Court said the agency was wrong in prohibiting the use of an amphibious vehicle on a river through a national preserve. In their decision, Justices cited the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act that in 1980 set aside 162,500 square miles of land for preservation purposes, the outlet said. The law reportedly created 10 new national parks, preserves and monuments but said agency rules would not apply on state or private land within the conservation units that are not federally owned. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 Good SCOTUS is engaged in important constitutional law. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-03-28 11:55 |
| #2 Wait. We're talking (indirectly) about hunting here, and hunting means guns in most cases. And the decision was unanimous? Not what I'd have expected, for sure... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-03-28 07:09 |
| #1 ...This seems like one of those 'Mad Libs' headlines... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2019-03-28 04:07 |