Legal Opinion
In Re: Aiken County
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 13, 2013No. 11-1271PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge:
This case raises significant questions about the scope of the Executive’s authority to disregard federal statutes. The case arises out of a longstanding dispute about nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. The underlying policy debate is not our concern. The policy is for Congress and the President to establish as they see fit in enacting statutes, and for the President and subordinate executive agencies (as well as relevant independent agencies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission) to implement within statutory boundaries. Our more modest task is to…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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