Snail Darter and the Dam How Pork-Barrel Politics Endangered a Little Fish and Killed a River

Name: Snail Darter and the Dam How Pork-Barrel Politics Endangered a Little Fish and Killed a River
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ISBN: 9780300173246

ISBN-10: 0300173245

ISBN-13: 9780300173246

Edition: 2013

Authors: Zygmunt Jan Broel Plater

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Even today, thirty years after the legal battles to save the endangered snail darter, the little fish that blocked completion of a TVA dam is still invoked as an icon of leftist extremism and governmental foolishness. In this eye-opening book, the lawyer who with his students fought and won the Supreme Court case—known officially asTennessee Valley Authority v. Hill—tells the hidden story behind one of the nation’s most significant environmental law battles.The realities of the darter’s case, Plater asserts, have been consistently mischaracterized in politics and the media. This book offers a detailed account of the six-year crusade against a pork-barrel project that made no economic sense…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 6/18/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 392
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.95" long x 0.11" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: God Is Speaking, by Committee



Of Time, a River, and the Tennessee Valley Authority



At the Old Fort: The Start of a Small Crusade for a Little Fish



Pushing the Snail Darter onto the Endangered Species List



Trial and Tribulation in TVA's Home Court



An Appeal for Justice as Bulldozers Roll



The Snail Darter Goes to Washington



Endangered, on the Banks of the Potomac



The Snail Darter Gets Its Congressional Hearings



The Highest Court?



Another Trial and Vindication, in the God Tribunal



140 Days of a Slow-Ticking Clock, Ending in 42 Seconds



A Phone Call from Air Force One


Epilogue: A Few Years Later, on the CBS Evening Mews


Notes


Index