[GeoStL] Well it was geocaching related-RE: Re: NCR: Just back from listening to the US Supreme Court argue about me
- From: "Jim Bensman" <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:30:23 -0500
If you want to see my picture (with me wearing a suit) in front of the
Supreme Court with my attorney after oral arguments, check out my log on
this cache: GC955B
I just remembered this was geocaching related. The main thing discussed at
the oral arguments was a declaration I prepared about my use of the National
Forests and if my use was sufficient to be able to sue the Forest Service
over rules for the National Forests. One of the things I said in the
declaration was:
4. I have personally used about half the National Forests. I have used
National Forests for outdoor recreation, camping, canoeing, rafting,
orienteering, geocaching (www.geocaching.com <http://www.geocaching.com)/> )
hiking, swimming, scientific study, photography, bird watching, plant
identification, nature study, site seeing, solitude, and meetings.
So all the Supreme Court Justices will likely be reading this. So I bet
this is the first time geocaching has been an issue before the Supreme
Court. Who knows, geocaching could get mentioned in the Supreme Court's
ruling.
Jim Bensman
"Nature Bats Last"
Go Obama!
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Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NCR: Just back from listening to the US Supreme Court
argue about me
Supreme Court, nice, but did you find any caches?? LOL must have been
quite the experience.
John
Was in DC yesterday morning listening to the US Supreme Court hear oral
arguments mostly about me after they heard arguments about the Navy Sonar
case (that was interesting too). It was on a case I talked an attorney into
bringing in 1999. The main issue they were arguing over was if a declaration
I prepared was sufficient to grant "standing" to file a lawsuit challenging
the Forest Service's attempt to exclude the public from decisions to log
National Forests. It was very exciting. Here is the transcript-not sure if
there will be a recording:
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/07-463.pdf
Only had time for a couple of caches.
Jim Bensman
"Nature Bats Last"
Go Obama!
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