Post by Logan on Mar 22, 2016 18:49:31 GMT -6
Taking a break from the normal run of bad budgetary news, Gov. Bill Walker and four members of the Alaska Legislature held a press conference to announce some good news: The U.S. Supreme Court’s 8-0 ruling in favor of an Alaska moose hunter.
“It’s a good day,” Gov. Bill Walker said Tuesday.
On Tuesday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case Sturgeon v. Frost, which pitted an Alaska man against the National Park Service.
At issue was who had jurisdiction over rivers running through national preserves and parks: the state or the federal government.
The Supreme Court declined to decide that core issue, but it still sided with John Sturgeon, the Alaska hunter, and ordered the U.S. 9th Circuit of Appeals to reconsider its decision in favor of the Park Service.
Read more: juneauempire.com/state/2016-03-22/supreme-court-decision-praised-win-alaska
“It’s a good day,” Gov. Bill Walker said Tuesday.
On Tuesday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case Sturgeon v. Frost, which pitted an Alaska man against the National Park Service.
At issue was who had jurisdiction over rivers running through national preserves and parks: the state or the federal government.
The Supreme Court declined to decide that core issue, but it still sided with John Sturgeon, the Alaska hunter, and ordered the U.S. 9th Circuit of Appeals to reconsider its decision in favor of the Park Service.
Read more: juneauempire.com/state/2016-03-22/supreme-court-decision-praised-win-alaska