supreme court

Congressional leaders will gather in mid-April for hearings on the future of wetlands in America. Much hinges on their ability to generate momentum toward lasting legal protections for these incomparable resources. We have lost more than half of our country's natural wetlands and continue to lose them at a rate of 80,000 acres per year. What's worse, the fabric of our current wetlands protection laws has been worn threadbare.

Governor Palin and Attorney General Gansler join victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill  before oral arguments are scheduled to begin before the Supreme Court in the Fishermen and Native Subsistence lawsuit, Baker vs. Exxon. The suit, a class action composed of 32,677 commercial fishermen, related individuals and businesses, private landowners, Native Alaskans, municipalities, and other claimants from across the country affected by the spill.