Injunction Blocks Rule Allowing CCW's in National Parks

[Flesh Thorn]

Friday, March 20, 2009

A federal judge yesterday blocked a last-minute rule enacted by President George W. Bush allowing visitors to national parks to carry concealed weapons.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by gun-control advocates and environmental groups. The Justice Department had sought to block the injunction against the controversial rule.

The three groups that brought the suit -- the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the National Parks Conservation Association and the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees -- argued that the Bush action violated several laws.

In her ruling, Kollar-Kotelly agreed that the government's process had been "astoundingly flawed."

She noted that the government justified its decision to forgo an environmental analysis on the grounds that the rule does not "authorize" environmental impacts. Calling this a "tautology," she wrote that officials "abdicated their Congressionally-mandated obligation" to evaluate environmental impacts and "ignored (without sufficient explanation) substantial information in the administrative record concerning environmental impacts" of the rule.

Interior Department spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff said the department could not comment because of "ongoing litigation."


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[smokn38]

Friday, March 20, 2009


In her ruling, Kollar-Kotelly agreed that the government's process had been "astoundingly flawed."

A very accurate description of our current government. How CCW and everything else relate that I don't understand.

[Flesh Thorn]

Friday, March 20, 2009


In her ruling, Kollar-Kotelly agreed that the government's process had been "astoundingly flawed."

A very accurate description of our current government. How CCW and everything else relate that I don't understand.

I will guess that President Bush did not follow the typical procedure for making the changes even though the policy needed to change.

[Bcosniper]

I think this has to do with executive signing statements or executive orders. Both of which give guidance to the executive branch on how they need to implement the laws. Seems like with Osama..err I mean Obama in charge, the judge wanted to nix the Bush ruling.