US Naval Exercise, Cancelled to protect endangered whales Options

[celebritygooner]

A federal judge in California has ordered the US Navy to temporarily stop using sonar equipment because it might harm whales and other sea mammals.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5143698.stm

I've seen many clashes between business and environmental interests, but I've never heard of environmentalists clashing with the military and actually winning. Is this a good thing?

[GhostofTHECHICKE...]

its been past precident that the courts have always stayed out of military decisions because they aren't qualified in the matters revolving around how the military works. There have been past happenings where a ship was allegedly blown up in a negligent way that killed sailors, but the courts would not rule on it because they knew they weren't going to get into the business of deciding how they think the military should and should not be run, because its out of thier job description.

I think this is something that will be over-ruled in the appeals courts because it is a judge over-stepping a usual past precident of judges not controling how the military OPERATES.

But i could be wrong... in any case i think its bad.. active sonar has a the ability of protecting us wear passive can't, because it actually looks instead of just listening .... or so i've heard