Courrt to make sonar decision
SUPREME COURT (AP) - June 23, 2008 The high court's review comes at the urging of the Bush
administration.
Justices will review a federal appeals court ruling that limits
the use of sonar in training seminars.
The administration says the decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals in San Francisco jeopardizes the Navy's ability to
train sailors and Marines for service in wartime. It also claims
national security interests can trump those of marine mammals.
The Natural Resources Defense Council sued the Navy over the
issue. It contends that exposing dolphins and beaked whales to
sonar can hurt them by disrupting their feeding and mating patterns
and, in the worst case, can kill them by causing them to beach
themselves.
Arguments will take place in the next court term, beginning in
October.
