Rancho Viejo Waste Mgmt., LLC v. City of Laredo

Marina Garcia Marmolejo, United States District Judge *700This is a case about political speech and the impact it can have on the marketplace. It is about a company's attempts to secure a permit from a state administrative agency and a community's attempts to have a voice in that process. But above all else, it is about the proper role of the judiciary in our constitutional republic.

The judicial power of the United States "extends only to 'Cases' and 'Controversies.' " Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins , --- U.S. ----, 136 S.Ct. 1540, 1547, 194 L.Ed.2d 635 (2016) (citing U.S. CONST. art. III, §§ 1 -2). An…