http://www.scotusblog.com/2008/02/expanded-argument-on-exxon-valdez/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.scotusblog.com/2008/02/expanded-argument-on-exxon-valdez/#comment-14668 Chris Berns Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:21:14 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/expanded-argument-on-exxon-valdez/#comment-14668 With 35 states signed on as amici for the respondents in the Exxon valdez case, it comes to mind that with a 50 state union it would only take 33 states to apply to congress for a constitutional amendment, and 38 to ratify. Exxon's request to fashion tort law specific to them and theirs is hubris of the highest degree, as is attested to by the reaction of the 35 states. I am looking forward to the extended oral arguments; it will be fun. Full disclosure: I am a plaintiff in this case that has been waiting around for 19 years. I'm overjoyed that this legal trauma will finally come to a close. Hopefully the Supreme Court will affirm the lower court and clean up the lower courts' conflicted interpretation of admiralty law, and apparently the fairly direct and obvious language in the Clean Water Act. With 35 states signed on as amici for the respondents in the Exxon valdez case, it comes to mind that with a 50 state union it would only take 33 states to apply to congress for a constitutional amendment, and 38 to ratify. Exxon’s request to fashion tort law specific to them and theirs is hubris of the highest degree, as is attested to by the reaction of the 35 states. I am looking forward to the extended oral arguments; it will be fun. Full disclosure: I am a plaintiff in this case that has been waiting around for 19 years. I’m overjoyed that this legal trauma will finally come to a close. Hopefully the Supreme Court will affirm the lower court and clean up the lower courts’ conflicted interpretation of admiralty law, and apparently the fairly direct and obvious language in the Clean Water Act.

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