Looks like someone wants to grab some headlines. And this someone wears black robes.
A federal District Court judge has rejected conclusions of both the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife agency and NOAA that Oregon coastal coho salmon are not “threatened†or “endangered†under the ESA (federal Endangered Species Act).
These agencies had tremendous support from a broad-based “stakeholder group†that spent almost two years considering all aspects of the existing and future status of these salmon. Bill Moshofsky participated in the investigations and deliberations of the stakeholder group on behalf of Oregonians In Action and the Save the Salmon Coalition, based on continuing concerns that salmon protection programs could include unjustified restrictions on land use, especially on forest land.
“I am very surprised and upset over the decision of the federal District Court judge to override both state and federal agencies and the extensive on-the-ground work of the stakeholder group. The judge is simply wrong,†Bill Moshofsky stated.
When I read about the Brady’s calling judges who find against their cases “activists†I have to laugh very loudly, because of the blatantly simple wording of the Second Amendment.
It is the total disregard of all available evidence and the issuing of a decision directly in opposition of all available research that constitutes “judicial activismâ€.
I have to hear over and over about NOAA being the go-to guys for the Global Warming Death Cult. Apparently, even they aren’t enough for this unnamed judge.