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Has the pit bull of environmental law been spayed?

December 18, 2015 | By JONATHAN WOOD

The Endangered Species Act has often been called the "pit bull of environmental law" because "it's short, compact and has a hell of a set of teeth. Because of its teeth, the act can force people to make the kind of tough political decisions they wouldn't normally make." As we've regularly reported, it can impose burdensome (and unconstitutional) re ...