Burr should pressure GOP not to block N.C. judges (Asheville Citizen-Times, 09/01/10)
"Senate Republican holds (threatened filibusters) continue to freeze judicial nominees. These include Diaz, whom the Judiciary Committee approved (19-0) the same day as Wynn more than six months ago; and N.C. federal district court nominee Catherine Eagles (also approved in committee without dissent months ago). Sen. Burr is unable or unwilling to convince his fellow Republicans to allow votes on Diaz and Eagles." Glenn Sugameli, Letter to the Editor

Judicial Nominees Still Being Blocked (Pilot (So Pines, NC), 08/30/10)
"You aptly described “the virtual freeze that Republicans have imposed on judges and others nominated by President Obama” and how GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell blocked floor votes on nominations of North Carolina judges Albert Diaz and Jim Wynn to the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. After an Aug. 4 Public Policy Polling survey showed North Carolina voters overwhelmingly (58 percent to 16 percent) supported prompt votes on Diaz and Wynn, senators finally confirmed Judge Wynn by unanimous consent. [Sen. Richard Burr is unable or unwilling to convince his Republican colleagues to allow floor votes on Diaz and Eagles." Glenn Sugameli published Letter to the Editor

Burr should do more to move Diaz confirmation through U.S. Senate (Rocky Mount Telegram, 08/17/10)
Published Glenn Sugameli Letter to the Editor: "Sen. Burr’s press release absurdly states: “I hope the Majority Leader will put political gamesmanship aside and make the confirmation of Judge Diaz a priority.” Senate Republican holds (threatened filibusters) have blocked floor votes on many nominees. These include Diaz, whom the Judiciary Committee approved (19-0) the same day as Wynn more than six months ago; and N.C. Federal District Court nominee Catherine Eagles, who was also approved in committee without dissent months ago. While 58 percent of North Carolina voters support a prompt vote on Diaz (Public Policy Polling survey), Sen. Burr is unable or unwilling to convince his Republican colleagues to allow a vote."

With Wynn confirmed, it’s Diaz’s turn for a vote (Greensboro News & Record [NC], 08/11/10)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: "The question remains: Why has Sen. Richard Burr’s impotent support for Judge Diaz not convinced his fellow Republicans to allow a floor vote during the more than six months since the Judiciary Committee voted 19-0 to approve Diaz on the same day it approved Wynn? A new Public Policy Polling survey found that 58 percent of North Carolina voters said that the U.S. Senate should vote as soon as possible on both judges."

SF Chron to GOP: Stop Obstructing the Nomination of Goodwin Liu (Confirm Goodwin Liu blog, 08/07/10)
Includes Los Angeles Times quote of "Glenn Sugameli, a lawyer for Defenders of Wildlife"

2 federal judge nominees dealt setback as Senate adjourns (Sacramento Bee, 08/06/10)
Quotes Glenn Sugameli

2 federal judge nominees dealt setback as Senate adjourns (Lexington Herald-Leader, 08/06/10)
Quotes "Glenn Sugameli, a lawyer for Defenders of Wildlife"

SENATE: Kagan confirmed for Supreme Court  (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 08/05/10)
"Kagan was backed by some of the nation's largest environmental advocacy groups, 45 of which sent a letter urging the Senate to approve her nomination. The letter, which was written and circulated by Defenders of Wildlife, pointed to her statements during confirmation hearings that Congress has broad authority to pass environmental laws and that the Supreme Court should give them deference. "The court is narrowly and deeply split on critical constitutional and statutory environmental protection issues," the letter said. "Kagan's record and her Supreme Court confirmation hearing testimony demonstrate an essential understanding of the importance of fair Court decisions that uphold, enforce and correctly interpret laws that protect people, wildlife, and the environment.""

Update to Kagan Whip Count: NY State Of Mind (National Journal, 08/02/10)
"AP is reporting Sen. "Baucus will support Elena Kagan for Supreme Court"" Glenn Sugameli, Judging the Environment

Hotline Whip Count Lacks Three "Yes" Votes (National Journal, 07/23/10)
Comprehensive links to Elena Kagan Senator Statements on www.JudgingtheEnvironment dot org include three firm "Yes" votes that Hotline should add: An old and a new one from Senators' websites: Senator [Jack] Reed Will Vote for Kagan (Democrat - Rhode Island) 07/16/10 Dodd Statement in Support of Elena Kagan to be the Next Supreme Court Justice (Democrat - Connecticut) 07/23/10 Plus this POLITICO interview: Sen. Landrieu will back Kagan (Democrat - Louisiana) 07/14/10 "Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who Republicans had hoped would join them, told POLITICO on Tuesday she’ll back Kagan." -Glenn Sugameli Judging the Environment Defenders of Wildlife Washington, D.C.

Joint Letter from Environmental Organizations  (ABA Journal, 07/19/10)
Senate Judiciary Committee link to: July 19, 2010 - Joint Letter from Environmental Organizations [Defenders of Wildilfe, Audubon, Greenpeace USA, Earthjustice, League of Conservation Voters, Endangered Species Coalition, Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, The Wilderness Society, Advocates for the West, Alaska Center for the Environment, Alaska Wildlife Alliance, KEntucky Resources Council, Inc., Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Magic, Californians for Alternatives to Toxics, McKenzie Guardians, Citizens for Public Resources, Midwest Environmental Advocates, Conservation Northwest, Montana Environmental Information Center, Endangered Habitats League, Northwest Environmental Advocates, Friends of Blackwater, Oregon Wild, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Public Lands Without LIvestock, Green Delaware, Soda Mountain Wilderness Council, Gulf Restoration Network, WaterWatch of Oregon, Idaho Conservation League, WildEarth Guardians, Idaho Rivers United, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation]

UPDATE to Hotline Whip Count: The Kagan Nomination (National Journal, 07/14/10)
"New YES vote. POLITICO reported today that "Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who Republicans had hoped would join them, told POLITICO on Tuesday she’ll back Kagan."" Glenn Sugameli. Judging the Environment

Update to Hotline Whip Count: The Kagan Nomination (National Journal, 07/13/10)
"Please add Sen. Durbin to Hotline's Count of Yes votes; he concluded a July 12 Floor speech "I will be proud to cast a vote in favor of the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court." Also, Sen. Cardin's July 11 Op-Ed concluded "I believe Elena Kagan possesses the qualifications and judicial temperament to be a member of the Supreme Court."" -Glenn Sugameli, Judging the Environment

UPDATE to Hotline Whip Count: The Kagan Nomination (National Journal, 07/13/10)
"Please add Sen. Michael Bennet to the Yes Votes; see his July 13 Press release ..." -Glenn Sugameli, Judging the Environment

Comment re: Hotline Whip Count: The Kagan Nomination (National Journal, 07/09/10)
Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: "Just added to my Judging the Environment website (one word dot org) compilation of over 130 Senator Statements on Elena Kagan: [Sen. Mark] Udall to support Kagan (Democrat - Colorado) 07/09/10 Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., will vote to confirm Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, Udall said today. Kagan, President Obama’s second nomination to the high court, demonstrated a “wide range of experiences and impressive intellect,” Udall said in a statement released today of Kagan’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I am confident that she is not a rigid ideologue and her approach toward deliberating cases makes her a fine candidate for the Supreme Court,” Udall said."

Comment on Hotline Whip Count: The Kagan Nomination (National Journal, 07/06/10)
Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: "Hotline's collection of formal and definitive Senator statements on the Kagan nomination is very helpful. I am compiling a broader set of links to and excepts from Senator Statements on Elena Kagan on my Judging the Environment (one word .dot org) website, including Sen. Franken's "I'm going to vote for Elena Kagan" statement to reporters today, and more than 125 other less definitive but illuminating statements."

Blocked GW Bush Judical Nominees Could Have Changed Results (Concurring Opinions, 06/23/10)
Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli posted comment on " Which President Appointed Judicial Ideologues?" study: "Only (some of) the worst and most ideological of President George W Bush’s judicial nominees were not confirmed; if they had been, it could well have affected the results. For some specific examples, see my Feb. 29, 2008 ACSBlog Guest Post “Guest Blogger Glenn Sugameli: Bush Judicial Nominees- Torture, Alice in Wonderland, Shoplifting, Ethics and more” and my Judging the Environment [.org] website, which compiles thousands of searchable & sortable links to GW Bush and Obama judicial Nominee and Issue Senator Statements, Editorials & Op-Eds, reports, letters and more."

Secret Holds Continue to Block Non-Controversial Federal Judicial Nominees (Legal Times, 06/22/10)
Posted comment by Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli on "Senate Confirms a Herd of Nominees": "What does not happen can be vital, as in Sherlock Holmes’ dog that did not bark. The most telling thing about the Senate agreement to confirm 60 nominees today is the fact that it did not include any nominees to fill 100 federal appellate and district court vacancies. (US Courts website). What is unprecedented is that many judicial nominees who were unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee long ago are still being blocked by secret holds. For more information, my Judging the Environment website has thousands of links to Senator statements, editorials, and more on Supreme Court and other federal judicial nominations and related issues such as access to courts. "

Secret Holds are Still Blocking Non-Controversial Federal Judicial Nominees (Washington Post, 06/22/10)
Posted Comment by Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli on "Senate confirms more than 60 Obama nominees" post: "Thanks for the timely posting, but the reference to inclusion of "Several federal judges" is somewhat misleading. The Senatus blog has posted the list of confirmed nominees and only three judges for the local court-the Superior Court of the District of Columbia- are included. The US Courts website lists 100 federal appellate and district court vacancies, plus 21 future vacancies. What is unprecedented is that many judicial nominees who were unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee long ago are still being blocked by secret holds. My Judging the Environment website has thousands of links to Senator statements, editorials, and more on Supreme Court and other federal judicial nominations and related issues such as access to courts."

Few clues to decipher SCOTUS nominee Kagan's positions on environmental law (Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, 05/17/10)
Extensively quotes Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli

Elena Kagan started Harvard environmental law program  (USA Today, 05/11/10)
"She has an in-depth knowledge of the nuts and bolts of how issues work in the real world," Glenn Sugameli, an attorney at Defenders of Wildlife and founder of Judging the Environment, which monitors federal courts, tells Grist.

Elena Kagan, climate realist  (Grist Magazine, 05/10/10)
"She has an in-depth knowledge of the nuts and bolts of how issues work in the real world," said Glenn Sugameli, an attorney at Defenders of Wildlife and founder of Judging the Environment, which monitors federal courts. "That's important because, if you look at the current court, they're almost all lifetime ‘judicial monastery' types. They're so used to looking at things from a judge's standpoint that they don't really understand them."

SUPREME COURT: Kagan introduced as nominee  (Greenwire, 05/10/10)
"We look forward to the Senate's deliberations on this important nomination as the court is sharply and closely divided on the fate of basic environmental safeguards and citizens' access to court. Respect for and understanding of environmental laws that protect all Americans are essential," said Glenn Sugameli, a staff attorney at Defenders of Wildlife who leads the advocacy group's Judging the Environment project. "The next justice will help determine the fate of basic environmental safeguards for decades to come."

Judging the Environment [Statement on Elena Kagan nomination] (SCOTUSBlog, 05/10/10)
"The following statement is from Glenn Sugameli, who founded in 2001 and still heads the environmental community’s Judging the Environment project and website on federal judicial nominations and related issues: * * *"

More Reaction to Kagan Nomination (Legal Times, 05/10/10)
Glenn Sugameli, staff attorney, Defenders of Wildlife “We welcome President Obama’s Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan, whose record shows an essential understanding of the importance of upholding and enforcing laws that protect people, wildlife and the environment. While she was dean of Harvard Law School, Kagan made environmental law a top priority. She helped found the Enviromental Law Program, and in one of her most prominent hires, recruited prominent environmental scholar Jody Freeman to lead the program. Kagan also started an Environmental Law & Policy Clinic where students provide vital assistance on cases and policy. It is critical that Justice Stevens’ successor be fair-minded and experienced and understand why environmental laws were written.”

The Supreme Court’s Activist, Pro-Corporate Opinions and Case Selection  (American Constitution Society Blog, 04/26/10)
Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli Guest Post: "understanding how the activist Court has undermined laws that protect ordinary Americans requires that attention must be paid to one-sided decisions whether or not to review environmental and other cases."

Earth Day Highlights Importance of Judicial Nominations, Lawmakers and Advocates Say  (American Constitution Society Blog, 04/22/10)
"Federal courts decide the fate of lawsuits that attack safeguards for clean air, clean water, endangered species, and special natural places," Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli recently wrote at ACSblog. "Judges must uphold anti-pollution and conservation laws against unjustifiable claims that their enactment exceeded Congress' Commerce Clause authority, and that they take away non-existent 'property rights' to pollute." "Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens's retirement highlights just how much Americans rely on fair and independent judges to uphold and enforce laws that protect people and our environment," Sugameli concludes. EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson echoed Sugameli's sentiments today.

Jesse Choper's Comprehensive Defense of Goodwin Liu  (Confirm Goodwin Liu blog, 04/14/10)
"JudgingtheEnvironment.org, a repository for all things related to judicial nominations, recently posted a letter (.pdf) sent by eminent constitutional scholar Jesse Choper, a colleague of Goodwin Liu's (and a former professor of mine) at Berkeley Law, to the top members of the Senate Judiciary Committee."

Environmental Protections Require Fair Independent Replacement for Stevens  (American Constitution Society Blog, 04/13/10)
Guest Blog by Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli

Roundup: Lawmakers And Activists On Stevens (National Journal, 04/09/10)
Glenn Sugameli, founder of the Judging the Environment project, wrote that Stevens "has a lengthy, very distinguished, and lasting legacy of upholding laws that safeguard our environment. President Obama's selection of a new justice will help determine the fate of basic environmental safeguards for decades to come."

Interest Groups Weigh In on Stevens (Wall Street Journal, 04/09/10)
Glenn Sugameli, staff attorney for the Judging the Environment website on federal judicial nominations: “Retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has a lengthy, very distinguished, and lasting legacy of upholding laws that safeguard our environment. President Obama’s selection of a new justice will help determine the fate of basic environmental safeguards for decades to come.”

SUPREME COURT: Stevens to decide on retirement next month  (Greenwire, 03/16/10)
While environmental groups would lose one of their most reliable supporters, said Glenn Sugameli, a staff attorney at Defenders of Wildlife, they will also lose a justice with "intangibles" -- including a relatively strong rapport with key swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kennedy joined the majority in Massachusetts v. EPA, which provided the legal basis for EPA's emerging effort to curb emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. "Any change on the Supreme Court could help decide the fate of environmental laws for decades to come. The court is very closely split, 5-4, on a number of major environmental issues," Sugameli said. "A new nominee will obviously be much younger and will likely be around to decide issues that nobody's really even thought of yet."

RE: The Long Reach Of Hurricane Katrina (Legal Profession Blog, 03/11/10)
Glenn Sugameli [Judging the Environment] posted Comment on failed 4th Circuit Pres. GW Bush nominee Claude Allen

Re: What A Coincidence  (Daily News Record, 03/10/10)
Posted Coment by Glenn Sugameli (Judging the Environment): "The White House is not alone in rejecting this absurd allegation. Others who have debunked this fantasy include Utah Republican Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett, the right-wing Power Line blog, The Salt Lake Tribune (which "laughed the ... suggestion off the table"), and Paul Cassell, a very conservative former U.S. District Judge appointed by President George W. Bush. . . . Is there any reason your readers should disbelieve all of these solidly conservative sources who know the facts far better than your totally speculative editorial?"

Re: Discipline Board Recommends One-Year Suspension for Former White House Aide  (Legal Times, 03/10/10)
Glenn Sugameli: "As reflected in its title, "Discipline Board Recommends One-Year Suspension for Former White House Aide," the BLT's commendable posting omits one key fact. Even more remarkable in this context than Claude Allen's theft by fraud while he served in President George W. Bush's White House, is Bush's previous nomination of Allen to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. To understand how Claude Allen was part of a pattern of failed Bush judicial nominees with severe, objective problems, see the Feb. 29, 2008 ACSBlog, "Guest Blogger Glenn Sugameli: Bush Judicial Nominees- Torture, Alice in Wonderland, Shoplifting, Ethics and more" or my www.judgingtheenvironment.org website."

Malkin wrong in smear campaign against Matheson (St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 03/09/10)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: Malkin erroneously claims that “for nearly a year,” while this judgeship was vacant, “there was no action.” But, every judicial nominee selection triggers months of FBI and American Bar Association vetting before a public announcement.

Re: Jay Evensen's perspectives on the news: Health care hardball  (Deseret Morning News, 03/08/10)
Posted comment by Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: "Given the facts discrediting this smear, Jay Evensen's "I don't believe the Scott M. Matheson Jr. appointment was a quid pro quo" conclusion is too weak. Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett debunked this conspiratorial fantasy. The Salt Lake Tribune “laughed the … suggestion off the table.” "

Update to Webb, Warner urge confirmation of 4th Circuit nominee (Washington Post, 02/27/10)
Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: "UPDATE: Incredibly, next Tuesday vote on Judge Keenan's nomination is not an up-and-down vote. Unexplained GOP Senate opposition has forced a scheduled cloture (anti-filibuster) vote to cut off debate, even though the Judiciary Committee approved Judge Keenan by a unanimous voice vote back in October. When Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner urged a vote on the merits this week, they explained that Republican Governor McDonnell specifically requested that Justice Keenan deliver him the oath of office. Continuing across-the-board obstruction of President Obama’s consensus judicial nominees has caused federal court vacancies to exceed 100. Unless one or more Senators publicly explain the delay of Keenan, it will be obvious that this is just the latest example of mindless GOP Senate partisanship."

Supreme Court Denies 3 High-Profile Environmental Cases  (Greenwire, 02/23/10)
The Supreme Court's decision to pass on the case leaves the Federal Circuit's decision as the precedent for future takings cases involving federal agencies. Because that court is the destination for nearly all appeals on federal claims cases, the ruling carries substantial weight, said Glenn Sugameli, a staff attorney with Defenders of Wildlife. "A decision at that level is normally final right now, absent Supreme Court review," Sugameli said. If the Supreme Court had stepped in and sided with Rose Acre Farms on the takings claim, he added, "you could end up with all levels of government always erring on the side of not protecting public health."

"Judicial Nominations in the First Year of the Obama Administration" Panel, National Press Club (American Constitution Society Blog, 01/28/10)
Statement & Question from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli at pp. 45-46 of Transcript

Latest on Citizens United v. FEC  (American Constitution Society Blog, 01/26/10)
"Judging the Environment is collecting scores of op-eds from across the country here. [LINK]"

Letters to the Editor: Not All Senators Display Hypocrisy (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 12/02/09)
Judiging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli- published letter: Your editorials, "Flipping Out" and "Do Unto," unjustly included blanket condemnation of "the Senate's Republicans and Democrats" for hypocritically flip-flopping on filibusters of judicial nominees, and missed the ultimate irony displayed by some senators. Ten Republican senators from across the political spectrum consistently voted to end a filibuster against Judge David Hamilton's nomination to a federal appeals court. It is also not hypocritical for Democrats who supported specific filibusters to oppose one against Hamilton, who was selected with the strong approval of his home-state senators, including Richard Lugar, the senior Republican in the Senate. "Do Unto" recognizes that in 2005, "The GOP . . . asserted that filibusters of nominations implicitly violated the Constitution." For example, Sen. James Inhofe declared that such filibusters are "contrary to our oath to support and defend the Constitution." The missing irony is the latest explanation by Inhofe and other senators: They opposed Hamilton because they feared he might change the Constitution, but by filibustering him these senators violated what they insisted the Constitution requires.

This Week in Judicial Nominations  (American Constitution Society Blog, 11/16/09)
Flurry of news stories- (H/T: Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli.)

Mounting Challenges to Judicial Nominations  (American Constitution Society Blog, 11/02/09)
"Hat Tip" credit: "(H/T: Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli.)"

Judicial Nominee Under Attack (Daily Journal, 10/28/09)
Quotes Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli on blocked Obama judicial nominees "It seems to me that they're being used as pawns in a bigger game,"

Court Majority Rejected Justice O'Connor's 'Takings' Analysis in Eastern Enterprises (Daily Journal, 10/12/09)
Judging the Enviroment's Glenn Sugameli's published Letter to the Editor: Op-Ed "is fatally flawed by reliance on property rights 'takings' analysis in a non-existent 'majority opinion, written by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor . . . . Both O'Connor's analysis and finding of a taking were rejected by a majority of the Court: the four Justices who disagreed with the result in the case and Justice Kennedy, who was the only Justice to find a due process violation. Since then, courts have ruled against Eastern Enterprises takings/ due process challenges to a wide range of laws."

SUPREME COURT: 3 enviro, energy cases on docket as fall term begins  (Greenwire, 10/05/09)
In depth article extensively quotes Defenders of Wildlife's Glenn Sugameli.

Sen. Leahy Press Release: Leahy, Reid Stand With Civil Rights Leaders To Discuss Sotomayor Nomination (, 07/29/09)
“The Supreme Court's recent environmental decisions have been deeply and closely divided. Judge Sotomayor's record indicates that she will bring to the Court an understanding of the importance and purpose of environmental safeguards, and will uphold, interpret and apply the laws as Congress intended.” - Glenn Sugameli, Senior Judicial Counsel, Earthjustice

SUPREME COURT: Specter questions Sotomayor on power-plant case  (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 07/16/09)
Earthjustice senior counsel Glenn Sugameli suggested Specter intended to encourage Sotomayor to stand behind her Clean Water Act interpretation "in cases where she is not bound by precedent." "She implicitly said that the result she would reach would depend on the language of whatever specific Clean Water Act or other statutory provision was involved," Sugameli said.

Greens energetic about Sonia Sotomayor (Politico, 07/15/09)

Sotomayor's Record on Enviro Issues Faces Scrutiny as Hearings Begin  (New York Times, 07/13/09)
As the Supreme Court has taken an increasing interest in environmental-themed cases, advocacy and legal interest groups have come to view the nomination with new significance, said Glenn Sugameli, senior counsel for Earthjustice."

Get Behind Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor—60 Green Groups Already Have Yes, she's a strong, Hispanic woman—and she's green, too. (planet green, 07/10/09)
"60 of the nation's top environmental and conservation groups, including EarthJustice, the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, and the National Wildlife Federation, have drafted a letter voicing their support for Sotomayor.... The groups have written their endorsement because they've surveyed her judicial record and found that she's fair, measured, and thorough in her decisions."

60 Environmental Groups Support Sotomayor for Supreme Court  (Environment News Service, 07/09/09)
"Our support for President Obama's nomination of Judge Sotomayor continues," said Trip Van Noppen, president of the nonprofit environmental law firm Earthjustice. "We are pleased that so many environmental groups agree." ... The letter was signed by some of the largest groups in the United States, including the League of Conservation Voters, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace USA, the National Audubon Society, the Sierra Club, the National Wildlife Federation and The Wilderness Society. In total, they represent millions of members. ...

Factcheck on NY Post column "Green Justice: Sotomayor's Enviro-Activism" (New York Post, 06/26/09)
Comment by Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli

ET White House Touts Support for Sotomayor (Wall Street Journal, 06/19/09)
Includes White House Press Release paragraph quoting Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli

White House Release on Sotomayor Support (TIME magazine, 06/19/09)
Mark Halperin's The Page includes White House Press release quoting Glenn Sugameli

Nominee deemed impartial: Supreme Court hopeful Sotomayor ruled against EPA in water case (Capital Press, 06/11/09)
"Earthjustice has an overall positive impression of Sotomayor, even though she has not always ruled in favor of environmental issues, [Glenn] Sugameli said."

Environment, Energy, and the U.S. Supreme Court: Judge Sonia Sotomayor Nominated for Membership on High Court  (Environment in the 21st Century: Environment21 , 05/30/09)
Prof. Don C. Smith quotes Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli

In climate case, long delay by Sotomayor-led panel  (National Law Journal, 05/28/09)
"Glenn Sugameli, an Earthjustice attorney in charge of judicial nominations, said Sotomayor has sided with and against environmentalists as an appellate judge. "We just want a judge who is fair." "

Obama Leaves Door Open for Talks with North Korea What is Sotomayor's Approach on Environment?  (CNN, 05/27/09)
"Now, environmentalists, they're certainly encouraged. That's what we're hearing from the news just yesterday and this morning. The group Earthjustice calls Sotomayor well-qualified, says the Riverkeeper case that I just discussed suggests she brings what they're calling an invaluable perspective to environmental issues."

Justice Sotomayor?  (Deseret Morning News, 05/26/09)
Jay Evensen's perspectives on the news quotes Earthjustice on Sotomayor nomination.

Letter: Sowell showed little 'empathy'  (Appeal-Democrat [CA], 05/16/09)
Published letter from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli rebutting Thomas Sowell column: "Judges are not computers; they must understand how the U.S. Constitution and laws were written to alleviate real problems people face in many different circumstances."

Glenn Sugameli's published comment on Editorial (Washington Times, 05/08/09)
"The Washington Times editorial board would not have to retract anti-President Obama editorials, as it did on May 6, if it had the empathy to consider and understand opposing viewpoints. For example, the "Editorial: Obama's Empath" (May 8) is absurd, for reasons I explained in my May 7 "Don't rule out empathy" Letter to the Editor that the Washington Times published (but apparently did not read). As I wrote "Respect for the law requires judicial empathy - the ability to see the world from other people's points of view.... There is a reason why judges are people, not computers." In light of the editorial's invocation of Star Trek, please note that even in Gene Rodenberry's utopian future, court martial and other legal cases are argued and decided by people, not machines."

Letter: Rule of law needs judicial empathy  (Chattanooga Times Free Press, 05/07/09)
Published Letter from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: "“‘Empathy’ or the Constitution ?” (editorial, May 5) mistakenly condemns any judge who dares to “empathize with others … those personal feelings should be carefully set aside in court in favor of complete impartiality and justice.” There is a reason why judges are people, not computers. They must understand how the Constitution and laws were written to alleviate real problems faced by people in many different circumstances. . . ."

So Long, Farewell: Justice Souter has been a dependable green vote  (Grist Magazine, 05/01/09)
Grist's senior editor Lisa Hymas quotes in full Earthjustice "statement about Souter’s retirement from Glenn Sugameli, their senior legislative counsel:"

Seeking Souter's Replacement (Inside EPA, 05/01/09)
Quotes Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli in detail.

Rewriting Constitution  (Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID), 04/26/09)
Glenn Sugameli (Judging the Environment) Letter: "The Constitution's Takings Clause states "nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." George Will urges the Supreme Court to approve a request by wealthy casinos to review an "Illinois case and reject the preposterous idea that money is not property within" this clause's scope. ("Illinois robs riverboat casinos to play the ponies, Tribune, April 12). But as conservative columnist Matthew J. Frank explains, Will is wrong (National Review Online "Taking Stock of the Takings Clause"): " '(M)oney is not property' where the takings clause is concerned (because) (t)he clause makes no sense otherwise." If a court found that a tax was for a "public use" so "the taking was valid," there must be compensation, meaning "the tax money, to the last penny, must be returned." George Will does not like this Illinois levy because it benefits horse racing. He cannot, however, rewrite the Constitution to create takings claims against a levy that the casinos can seek to change though the legislature."

Delegation of power kept in check (Columbian [WA], 04/21/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli rebutting letter and columnist on property rights takings.

Will off mark (Scranton Times-Tribune, 04/21/09)
Published letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli rebutting columnist's constitutional property rights/ takings argument.

George Will was mistaken (Vindicator [Youngstown, OH], 04/19/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli regarding column on Constitution's Takings Clause.

Columnist misleads on bailout constitutionality (Island Packet [SC], 04/10/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli.

Democrats Have Better Filibuster Record (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 04/09/09)
"CORRESPONDENT OF THE DAY" Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli.

George Will Misleadingly Promotes a Libertarian Argument (Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID), 04/04/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli.

Empathy is crucial for effective judges (Columbia Daily Tribune, 04/03/09)
Published Open Column by Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli on how "interpreting ambiguous laws and the Constitution requires understanding their purpose and history."

George Will's misleading Op-Ed: "Emergency stabilization legislation unconstitutional" (Clarion-Ledger(MS), 04/01/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli.

Empathy essential to justice (Daily News Tribune [MA], 03/31/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli.

Invalidating federal laws  (Press Telegram [CA], 03/31/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli v. libertarian constitutional argument.

Empathy essential to justice (Daily News Tribune [MA], 03/29/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging hte Environment's Glenn Sugameli "makes several important points about President Obama's nomination of David Hamilton for an open U.S. Court of Appeals seat."

Confirmation battles-- Re “Obama to influence our courts”  (Los Angeles Times, 03/19/09)
Published letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: "Following the law often requires judicial empathy -- being able to see the world from other people's points of view."

GOP Nominees Need Full Support (Roll Call, 02/23/09)
Letter from Judicial Confirmation Network counsel Wendy E. Long about Glenn Sugameli's Feb. 9th Guest Observer column (see Glenn's March 9 published letter in response to Long).

Court minority misinterprets laws (Roanoke Times, 02/15/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli commenting on recent editorial.

Re: Mark Hamby’s Guest Column “Fair Pay Act”  (Journal Record [OK], 02/13/09)
Response by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli to a Guest Column

Guest Observer: GOP Payback on Court Nominees Is Hard to Justify (Roll Call, 02/09/09)
Op-Ed by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli detailing objective problems that justified failure to confirm all of Bush’s nominees. "Any fair evaluation of the Senate’s review of Bush’s judicial nominations can only argue for confirmation of qualified" Obama nominees.

Supreme Court minority would deny rights (Post-Standard, 02/04/09)
Published Letter to the Editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on threatened access to court.

EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund (Capital Research Center, 02/01/09)
"“Judging the Environment” (http://www. judgingtheenvironment.org/) provides a handy searchable database of arguments green groups can use to oppose a Bush appointee. If you type in the name of an appointee and click on a legal or environmental issue (e.g. Clean Air or The Commerce Clause) you will be directed to statements, resolutions, and “letters of concern” issued by dozens of environmental groups giving reasons why the appointee should be rejected. Glenn Sugameli, a senior legislative counsel ... heads up the project, which keeps tabs on “extreme nominees.”"

Bush Fourth Circuit nominees (Blue Commonwealth, 01/26/09)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on President George W. Bush's Bush's disastrous choices for lifetime seats on the Fourth Circuit.

The Federal Circuit (National Law Journal, 01/26/09)
Published letter to the editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Federal Circuit nominations, "takings" claims and federal Indian law.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY ROBERTS, ALITO NOT SO EXEMPLARY  (Republican-American, 01/23/09)
Published letter to the Editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli responding to an editorial and discussing Ledbetter access to courts decision.

A better comparison (Daily Oklahoman, 01/14/09)
Letter to the editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli responding to an editorial on Senate confirmations of Bush judges.

New Year, New Judges (Religious Action Center blog, 01/02/09)
Links to Dec. 2008 ACSBlog by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli as one of the four "most interesting articles that I have seen" that offer "President-elect Obama guidance and counsel on how to approach judicial nominations and how best to fill the 44 vacancies on the federal courts that will exist when he takes office. "

Look Beyond Constitutional Interpretation When Picking Judges (American Constitution Society Blog, 12/22/08)
Commentary by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli: "The records of potential and pending judicial nominees on constitutional interpretation are a vital consideration, but far from the only one. Lifetime judges must also be competent, fair and independent, and must fairly interpret and apply the statutes, treaties, and judge-made 'common law' that are at issue in the vast majority of cases."

Jury Is Still Out on Obama Judges (Roll Call, 12/01/08)
Article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on future of judicial nominations.

Poor picks for judges, poor view of Senate role (The Hill, 10/15/08)
Published Letter to the Editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli: Bush has pressured the Senate to confirm judges who would further political agendas by rewriting our Constitution and laws. Roberts and Alito fell one vote short of gutting basic water and air pollution laws.

Appointing judges (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 10/06/08)
Letter to the Editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Senate's constitutional advice and consent role and how "President Bush ignited unnecessary confirmation firefights and artificially created judicial vacancies."

Democrats actually reduced number of judicial vacancies (Examiner, 07/22/08)
Published letter from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli

Laura Donovan-- problems (Townhall.com, 07/15/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on problems with column, including omission of key facts- "the Senate in the last three presidential election years - 1996, 2000, and 2004 - confirmed no court of appeals nominees after July; and the most relevant comparison, as Sen. Leahy explained 'Since the years in which Republicans pocket filibustered more than 60 of President Clinton’s moderate and qualified judicial nominees and judicial vacancies topped 100, we have cut judicial vacancies by more than half and we reduced circuit court vacancies by almost three-fourths, to 9 throughout the entire country from a high point of 32.'”

Supreme Court Session Had Few Construction Cases (Engineering News-Record, 07/02/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli "points to the Exxon Valdez case, as representing the court¹s more conservative view. 'I think it is a reflection of a very disturbing trend in four to five of the justices where... they sometimes put on blinders to the impacts of their decisions on the interests that Congress intended to protect and instead look at it from the viewpoint of the regulated party, which Congress intended to control,' Environmental groups are 'very concerned that we really are one vote away from a lot of really very bad decisions'"

Comment on Hill Veteran Named to District Court (Legal Times, 06/21/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli: "A Hill aide's insertion of a major, explosive provision into legislation without notifying his boss or any other Senator raises, at the very least, extremely serious questions about Michael O'Neill's judgment."

Rosenstein lacks ‘deep roots’ (Baltimore Examiner, 06/18/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli" "Virginia’s 4th Circuit Court seat was filled after a nominee whom both senators opposed withdrew. Yet President Bush won’t discuss other nominees [opposed] by home-state senators."

RE: Republicans stall climate change bill to punish Reid [i.e., Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing, Obstructs Senate Debate on Global Warming] (Las Vegas Sun, 06/05/08)
Earthjustice: “Senators should reject this unjustifiable effort to obstruct the most serious debate Congress has ever had on global warming -- the greatest challenge the United States and the world have ever faced.... President Bush has failed to nominate anyone to 16 vacancies, including several that have been declared judicial emergencies. The Senate approved more than 300 Bush lifetime judges, but cannot confirm lifetime judges who have not been nominated.”

Article Discussion: Climate bill stalls in Senate after dispute (Denver Post, 06/05/08)
Earthjustice: "Senate opponents derailed Floor debate on bi-partisan climate change legislation.... they attempted to mask their cynical strategy of filibustering on behalf of the coal and oil industry by fabricating false claims that a deal to confirm three judges had been broken."

RE: “Harry Reid's Handshake” (June 3)  (Wall Street Journal, 06/03/08)
Posted comment by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli details many ways in which Wall Street Journal Editorial "is inaccurate and misleading."

Letter to the Editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli (Fort Dodge [IA] Messenger, 05/06/08)
An April 28 Fort Dodge Messenger editorial erroneously stated the Committee held a “hearing for 5th Circuit nominee Catharina Haynes, but took no action.” In fact, the Committee approved Haynes on April 3 and the Senate confirmed her on April 10.

Judicial Vacancies (Lock Haven [PA] Express, 04/17/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli Letter to the Editor of the Lock Haven [PA] Express: President Bush can confirm lifetime judges, if and when he respects the Senate's constitutional advise-and-consent role.

Glenn Sugameli: Senate GOP Leadership Threats to Shutdown the Senate over Judicial Nominees are Unjustifiable and Misdirected (Talking Justice blog, 04/04/08)
Talking Justice blog post by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Posted Comments by Earthjustice’s Glenn Sugameli (The Hill, 03/10/08)
Posted Blog comments by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli mentioning controversial nominees Steve Matthews and Robert Conrad.

Comments to “Trading Barbs over Judgeships” Article  (Legal Times, 03/05/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli posted comments to a recent Blog of Legal Times article citing Bush's record for nominating divisive judicial nominations.

Comments to ‘Nominations staredown in the Senate’ piece (Politico, 03/05/08)
Comments by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli to Politico Article on former nominee William J. Haynes.

Tribune newspapers Swamp blog comments by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli (Chicago Tribune, 03/04/08)
The records of President George W. Bush's pending appellate nominees and the way in which others were chosen demonstrates that they were selected BECAUSE they would not be confirmed.

Bush court picks come from right-wing fringe (Free Lance-Star, 02/16/08)
The Free Lance-Star letter to the editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli comments on Robert Conrad's controversial nomination to the 4th circuit.

Judicial vacancies exist because President Bush ignores remarkable compromises offered by Senators (Miami Herald, 02/12/08)
Comments by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on 4th circuit vacancies and Steve Matthews and Robert Conrad's nominations. Comments ALSO POSTED ON Blog of Legal Times, American Constitution Society Blog, Reno Gazette-Journal, Tulsa World, Topeka Capital-Journal, The News Tribune [WA], Star-Tribune [MN], and Mercury News' [CA] websites.

Bush Urges Senate to Confirm Picks for Federal Posts  (Bloomberg News, 02/07/08)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli is quoted in a Bloomberg article saying President Bush created artificial vacancies by refusing to negotiate judicial nominations.

Getchell Withdraws 4th Circuit Nomination (ABA Journal, 01/24/08)
ABA Journal article by Debra Cassens Weiss reports on E. Duncan Getchell's withdrawal as 4th circuit nominee; quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Bush & Meese play politics with judicial nominees  (Greenville [SC] News, 01/08/08)
Comments by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli to an article published in the Greenville News on Edward Meese and judicial nominee Steve Matthews and their involvement with the Landmark Legal Foundation.

Allard’s outrageous attack on federalism (Rocky Mountain News, 12/29/07)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli's Letter to the Editor of the Rocky Mountain News [CO] on Senator Allard's support for Senator Craig's Takings Amendment.

Candidate regrets: Brownback wishes he’d ‘been funnier’ (LJ World Blog, 12/19/07)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli comments in Lawrence Journal's blog [KS] on Senator Brownback & Senator Craig's Takings Amendment.

Comments (High Country News, 12/18/07)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli comments on the High Country News article, "Rebels with a Lost Cause" about the Takings Law.

Comments to “‘Telluride Amendment’ to Farm Bill Dies in U.S. Senate” Article (Telluride Watch, 12/18/07)
Comments by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Telluride Watch Online's article on Larry Craig's 'Takings Law' Farm Bill Amendment.

Craig's land rights amendment to farm bill delights supporters (Idaho Statesman, 12/13/07)
Article in the Idaho Statesman by Erica Bolstad quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Senate Rejects Sen. Larry Craig’s Unconstitutional Assault on States, Localities and Parks (, 12/13/07)
Earthjustice Press Release on Senator Craig's failed amendment to Farm Bill.

RE: Protecting The Constitution? (Daily News Record, 11/27/07)
Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli: "Nov. 15 Federalist Society speech attacked Senators for “politicizing” nominations to lifetime judgeships. Earlier that day, he announced a 4th Circuit Appeals Court nomination he knew Maryland’s Senators would block because of inadequate legal experience in the state. Bush previously ignored five joint recommendations by Sens. John Warner (R-Va.) and Jim Webb (D-Va.) and tapped someone they rejected for a Virginia 4th Circuit seat."

How One Right-Wing Judge Can be a Wrecking Ball to the Constitution  (Buzz Flash, 11/16/07)
The Buzzflash.com Editor's blog quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on his views of President Bush's recent statements on judicial nominations at the Federalist Society Conference.

Bush, justices address Federalist Society (Los Angeles Times, 11/16/07)
Los Angeles Times article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on President Bush's speak on judges at the Federal Society convention.

Bush: 'Judicial lawlessness... needs to stop' (Tribune, 11/15/07)
Tribune's The Swamp Blog quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the Federalist Society's convention.

Bush wants ideological fights, not judges  (The Politico, 10/08/07)
The Politico op-ed by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on how President Bush's judicial nominees have too often been chosen precisely because their extreme records will reignite ideological battles, ensuring they will not be confirmed at all or without a major fight.

Judicial nominee is not without problems (Free Lance-Star, 08/15/07)
Letter to the Editor by Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice comments on how judicial nomination editorial did not reflect how President Bush ignored the bipartisan list of five names submitted jointly by Virginia's Senators, and how concerns with Leslie Southwick nomination include "his apparent pro-corporate tilt and his rulings against access to courts and workers' rights."

Letter to the Editor (The Courier (OH), 08/07/07)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli responds to recent commentary on Leslie Southwick's 5th circuit nomination.

The Southwick Nomination (Washington Times, 07/24/07)
Letter to the Editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli states, Washington Times article "does not reflect the full scope and nature of the problems with Leslie Southwick's nomination . . . . Serious concerns raised by Earthjustice and other environmental groups focused on unfair denial of access to courts and judicial activism."

Bush judicial appointments impacting the environment (Examiner, 07/03/07)
Letter to the Editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli correcting The Examiner's editorial that confused Justice Anthony Kennedy and Justice Stevens in stating that Chief Justice Roberts is striking “mighty blows … joined . . . by Justice John Paul Stevens.”

Vote delayed again on controversial Mississippi judge (Facing South, 06/14/07)
Facing South Blog, by Sue Sturgis, mentions the June 13, 2007 Letter of Concern signed by Earthjustice on Leslie Southwick's nomination.

Justices Lobby House for Raise (Legal Times, 04/23/07)
April 23, 2007 Legal Times Article on Justices Breyer and Alito's testimony before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property during an oversight hearing on "Federal Judicial Compensation."

The Case of the Term Goes Against the White House (Washington Post, 04/02/07)
Extensively quotes Earthjustice on Supreme Court's global warming decision.

Idaho Gains Smith, but Loses Clout on Court (Times-News, 01/23/07)
Withdrawal of William Myers means Idaho loses seat in Court of Appeals

Senate Dems poised to accept new nominee for 9th Circuit seat (Greenwire, 01/17/07)
"President Bush's actions regarding the William Myers and Randy Smith 9th Circuit nominations were a belated recognition of reality," Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli said today.

4 white flags fly in courts fight  (Los Angeles Times, 01/10/07)
White House decides not to resubmit William Myers and three others: "For the first time ever, a nominee for a lifetime federal judgeship has been forced to withdraw because his anti-environmental record generated bipartisan opposition," said lawyers for Earthjustice.

Bush Revives Controversial EPA, OMB Nominees With Senate Submission (Inside EPA, 01/10/07)
William Myers III was opposed by a bipartisan group of senators primarily because of his environmental record. Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice: Myers' withdrawal “is long overdue, and a victory for the environment.”

Bush's 9th Circuit pick withdraws his nomination (San Francisco Chronicle, 01/10/07)
Opposed by environmental groups and Indian tribes, William Myers was the first judicial nominee to lose primarily because of his environmental record, said Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli: "As a lifetime Ninth Circuit judge, Myers would have had the power to turn his pro-industry bias into legal precedents governing nine Western states that contain nearly three-quarters of our public lands."

Four Appeals Court Choices Dropped From Consideration (Bloomberg News, 01/09/07)
Earthjustice said Myers was the first judicial nominee opposed primarily because of his record on the environment.

Three-year Myers confirmation fight draws to a close (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 01/09/07)
The Nomination of William Myers to the 9th Circuit was not resubmitted. "Myers's withdrawal is long overdue, and a victory for the environment," said Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli.

Myers sunk his own chances of confirmation (Times-News, 12/21/06)
Letter to the Editor from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli responding to editorial on Ninth Circuit nominee William G. Myers III.

Democratic control of Senate may not end fight over judges (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 11/16/06)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli: President Bush's resubmittal of blocked judicial nominees "suggests that he will continue to refuse to consult with the Senate. It's one of the first things he did after meeting with the Senate leadership and saying he would cooperate. It's a very strange stick in the eye."

Regulatory takings measures fail in Calif., Idaho and Wash. (Greenwire, 11/08/06)
Greenwire article on Takings law quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Radio Interview of Glenn Sugameli (Clear View radio, 10/05/06)
"Clear View" radio interview of Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on judicial nominations and the environment.

Takings bill fails on House floor (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 09/26/06)
Earthjustice’s Glenn Sugameli predicted the Senate would not approve the bill. The quick House vote "was definitely an attempt to get it out before anyone would know what was going on."

View live, online this afternoon's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing (How Appealing, 09/20/06)
How Appealing blog coverage of Senate hearing: "The organization Earthjustice has compiled a comprehensive collection of links in opposition to splitting up the Ninth Circuit."

Court rules laws on wetlands apply to family's farm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 09/03/06)
Article extensively quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on court decisions on "takings" and property rights including rejections of challenges to laws that "limit the ability of one property owner to use his property in a way that it harms others, and others' properties, the community and the environment."

Narrowed Appellate Rules on 'Standing' May Still Deter Citizen Suits (Inside EPA, 08/04/06)
Earthjustice and other judicial groups named in article opposing new EPA rule.

Environmentalists Ask Senate to Leave the 9th Circuit Alone  (Daily Journal, 08/04/06)
Article on the 9th Circuit Split quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

New Opposition to Efforts to Split the Ninth Circuit; (How Appealing, 08/03/06)
How Appealing blog: The organization Earthjustice today issued a press release that begins, "Today, Earthjustice and more than 100 civil rights, women's rights, disability rights, labor, health, religious, senior, conservation and other national, regional, state and local groups, sent a letter to Senators urging them to oppose S. 1845, 'The Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act of 2005,' and other proposals to split the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals into two or more circuit courts." You can access that letter at this link. And a related document, titled "Ideologically-Based Efforts to Split the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals," is here.

The Empty Cowboy Hat rides again (Badlands Journal, 07/17/06)
Quotes entire factsheet by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on how "Representative Richard Pombo’s (R-CA) Endangered Species Act bill (HR 3824) ...would force taxpayers to pay unlimited amounts for any business losses from speculative development schemes that corporations never had the right to pursue in the first place."

Clean Water Act ruling illustrates court's shift (Boston Globe, 06/20/06)
David Baron of Earthjustice , an environmentalist group that filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the Army Corps, said he was heartened that Kennedy did not endorse Scalia's more restrictive opinion. There is a majority rejecting this extreme view that Justice Scalia puts forth, that tries to limit the Clean Water Act only to continuously flowing streams," Baron said. ``That's a concept that has never been around before, and a majority of the justices plainly reject it."

Groups see methyl bromide ruling as potential signal of limits on court access.(AIR) (Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, 03/13/06)
"It's another disturbing decision cutting back on access [to the courts]," Glenn Sugameli, senior attorney at Earthjustice, told PTCN. Sugameli agreed it would be difficult to define precisely what constitute a "substantial probability" of injury, making the approach used by several other federal courts of appeal--basing standing on an increased risk of injury--the proper approach. He said access to the courts has been an issue of concern for Earthjustice and other environmental groups with respect to a number of Bush judicial nominees, including the two new members of the Supreme Court--Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito.

Supreme Court to hear wetlands case challenge (USA Today, 02/19/06)
"These federal environmental laws were designed to help keep peace among the states, to give them a way to address upstream pollution problems coming from their neighbors," said Howard Fox, a lawyer for the environmental group Earthjustice. "In Louisiana, pollution comes as far away as Wyoming and Minnesota."

Justice Alito's Green Day: New justice to wade into Clean Water Act cases (Legal Times, 02/08/06)
Alito's "rulings on the bench led major environmental groups to oppose Alito. 'Judge Alito's record is more troubling than either Judge Roberts' or Harriet Miers', Earthjustice concluded."

Alito confirmation prompts mixed reactions  (Jurist, 01/31/06)
Taking an environmental perspective, Earthjustice [official website] said Alito's appointment poses an immediate threat to the protection of America's drinking water, creeks, streams and wetlands.

Environmentalists Campaign Against Alito, Fearing Nation's Pollution and Health Laws at Risk (Between the Lines, 01/27/06)
Award-winning syndicated radio program Between The Lines: Melinda Tuhus interviews Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli about why environmental activists oppose Judge Alito's confirmation and what they are doing about it.

Alito confirmation could harm Isle waters (Honolulu Advertiser, 01/26/06)
Earthjustice attorney Kapua Sproat Op-Ed on negative consequences that Alito confirmation might have for Clean Water protections.

Environmental group one of 50 who say Alito would be bad for the environment  (WMNF FM 88.5, 01/25/06)
Radio interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Alito's environmental record.

WAXE-AM Radio Interview with Glenn Sugameli (WAXE-AM, 01/25/06)
Radio interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the nomination of Samuel Alito.

Environmental Rulings Should Sink Alito (Gazette (Colorado Springs), 01/24/06)
Opinion by Earthjustice's Ted Zukoski on Judge Alito's poor Clean Water record and the effect that his confirmation to the Supreme Court might have on pending Clean Water cases.

56 Environmental, Conservation Groups Nix Alito for Supreme Court (Environment News Service, 01/24/06)
Reasons for Earthjustice's opposition to Alito's confirmation are detailed.

Environmental Groups Voice Strong Opposition to Alito Supreme Court Nomination  (Bush Greenwatch, 01/20/06)
Glenn Sugameli, senior counsel at Earthjustice: "Judge Alito's record," continued Sugameli, "indicates that he would pursue his own extreme legal theories to create new barriers that prevent the enactment and enforcement of national laws that protect families and communities from pollution."

Alito threatens health and clean water (Providence Journal, 01/19/06)
Op-ed by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Judge Alito's environmental and public health record.

Powernomics Radio Network Interview of Glenn Sugameli (Powernomics Radio Network, 01/17/06)
Powernomics Radio Network's Tom Pope's interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the nomination of Samuel Alito.

Feinstein Grills Alito on Rulings in Key Environmental Cases (Democracy Now, 01/12/06)
Democracy Now (daily radio & TV news program on over 500 stations): transcript of interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Pacifica Radio KNON-FM Interview of Glenn Sugameli (KNON-FM, 01/12/06)
National Pacifica Radio interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli about the nomination of Samuel Alito.

WCOJ -AM Radio Interview with Glenn Sugameli (WCOJ-AM, 01/12/06)
Radio interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the nomination of Samuel Alito.

Radio Interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the Alito Nomination (KALW-FM, 01/12/06)
Radio Interview from the Your Call program on KALW-FM.

Earthjustice says Supreme Court nominee's position bodes poorly for the future of Clean Water Act (Water World, 01/11/06)
In a series of rather stunning responses to questions from Senators at his confirmation hearing today, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito defended his decision in a key public health and water pollution case to dismiss the lawsuit brought by citizens to clean up pollution in the Delaware River, declared the nonprofit public interest law firm Earthjustice.

Imperial Presidency Fears, Environmental Groups' First Opposition Since Bork (Kansas City Infozone, 01/10/06)
Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice: "Judge Alito's record indicates that he would pursue his own extreme legal theories to create new barriers that prevent the enactment and enforcement of national laws that protect families and communities from pollution."

COURTS: Environmental groups rally against Alito as hearings begin (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 01/09/06)
Article on Alito nomination describes opposition by Earthjustice and other environmental groups.

Green Groups Oppose Alito Bid (Washington Times, 12/30/05)
Earthjustice and other environmental groups, which typically do not weigh in on Supreme Court nominations, have joined the chorus of liberal interest groups opposing Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s bid to the high court.

Environmental Groups Declare Opposition To Alito's Nomination to Supreme Court (BNA, 12/23/05)
"There were eight nominees between Bork and Alito whom we did not oppose," said Earthjustice Senior Counsel Glenn Sugameli.

Ohio News Network radio interview of Glenn Sugameli (Ohio Radio News Network, 12/22/05)
Radio network interview of Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli about Samuel Alito nomination

Judiciary Democrats Want Alito Papers (Associated Press, 12/21/05)
On December 20, 2005, several environmental groups, including Earthjustice, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth, called for Alito's defeat. Alito is the first nominee environmental groups have opposed since Robert Bork.

Earthjustice Opposes Alito Nomination  (Daily Kos, 12/20/05)
"Today Earthjustice (the law firm for the environment) announced that for the first time in almost 20 years, they are opposing a Supreme Court nominee. Read below to find out why Alito presents a direct threat to the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act. And also read how Alito wants to put in place barriers that will prevent average citizens from using the courts to protect themselves and their communities."

Enviros launch campaign to derail Alito nomination (Greenwire, 12/20/05)
Article on Alito nomination quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Alito to Face Questions about President's War Powers  (Associated Press, 12/19/05)
Associated Press reports that Earthjustice plans to announce opposition to Judge Alito's confirmation.

COURTS: Alito would limit federal judicial role (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 11/30/05)
Earthjustice Attorney Glenn Sugameli said Alito's answer is troublesome because it seemingly ignores the many legal precedents for ensuring plaintiffs' access to the federal courts. "It doesn't show any balance. It's not like he said, 'Well, there are limits on access to courts but it's also important to protect access to courts,'" Sugameli said. "Technically, what he's saying is that he's only applying the precedents that restrict standing."

U.S. House of Representatives passes legislation that mandates split of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (How Appealing, 11/18/05)
How Appealing blog: "According to this press release from Earthjustice, the provision was a part of the budget reconciliation bill that passed the House by a vote of 217-215 early this morning."

Appellate Standing Plan Could Limit Suits on EPA Rules, Activists Say (Inside EPA, 11/11/05)
Article mentions Earthjustice as one of the groups opposed to the new legal rules regarding EPA and filing lawsuits.

Court Nominee Has Paper Trail Businesses Like (New York Times, 11/05/05)
The New York Times quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli regarding Judge Alito's record on access to courts and Congress' Commerce Clause authority to protect the environment.

Alito's Enviro Past (AlterNet, 11/02/05)
Article extensively quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Alito Record Shows Mixed Rulings On Environmental Laws  (Inside EPA, 11/02/05)
Article quotes an Earthjustice press release that comments on Samuel Alito's judicial environmental record.

Locals Chime in on Bush's Court Pick (Ocala Star Banner, 11/01/05)
Article cites Earthjustice press release and discusses concerns about Judge Alito's ideology.

Environmental groups oppose Alito (Endangered Species & Wetlands Report, 11/01/05)
Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the National Environmental Trust are opposing the nomination of Circuit Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, citing Commerce Clause concerns.

Environmental Lawyers Wary of Supreme Court Nominee (Environment News Service, 10/31/05)
Interview of Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli details environmental concerns with Judge Alito's selection and opinions Judge Alito has written.

GOP 'Agenda" on environment suits cited to fight 9th circuit bills (Inside EPA, 10/28/05)
Article quotes Earthjustice's letter of opposition to the efforts by some Republicans to split the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Bush 'reluctantly' accepts nominee's withdrawal from Supreme Court bid (Greenwire, 10/27/05)
Greenwire article by Alex Kaplun on the failed nomination of Harriet Miers quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

COURTS: 9th Circuit split-up headed for House markup today (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 10/25/05)
Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli: "If they really cared about efficiency in the House, there would be no reason to skip a hearing. The fact that the House is not holding a hearing on a bill that was introduced last Friday shows that they're trying to gerrymander the court."

Bush picks White House counsel Miers for spot on Supreme Court (Greenwire, 10/03/05)
Article in Greenwire quotes Earthjustice.

COURTS: Roberts hearing does little to alleviate enviros' concerns (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 09/16/05)
"He was asked questions about the issues that we've raised, and he didn't fully answer those questions," said Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli.

COURTS: Roberts hearings begin today with opening statements (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 09/12/05)
10 major environmental groups, including Earthjustice, again expressed concern over Roberts' position on congressional authority to enact environmental laws, and on access to courts.

Rehnquist's death scrambles Senate schedule (Greenwire, 09/06/05)
Earthjustice and other environmental groups cite access to courts and Commerce Clause concerns with John Roberts' nomination.

Estimates of payments under Pombo bill vary widely (Endangered Species & Wetlands Report, 09/01/05)
Glenn Sugameli, Earthjustice senior legislative counsel: “The CBO estimate of costs for Pombo’s bill is absurdly low, conclusory, and in conflict with economics, experience, the amount of pending ESA takings claims (not to mention Pombo’s and the Resources Committee’s estimates of lost profits and land value from ESA), logic and OMB’s estimate of the costs of similar” Contract with America provisions.

Greens Worried About Roberts' Environmental Stance (E/The Environmental Magazine, 08/23/05)
E Magazine reports that Glenn Sugameli of the environmental law firm Earthjustice is concerned that Roberts might question "the constitutionality of important protections under the Endangered Species Act."

The Toad Less Traveled (Investor's Business Daily, 08/16/05)
Editorial quotes Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice, who says Roberts' view of Congress' authority "does raise serious questions" about how he might view "the constitutionality of important protections under the ESA."

Critics: Roberts Sides With Industry Over Environment (Associated Press, 08/15/05)
Associated Press quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli that Roberts' view expressed in the California toad case "does raise serious questions" about how he might view "the constitutionality of important protections under the Endangered Species Act."

Judge Roberts' Environmental Record Under Scrutiny  (Bush Greenwatch, 08/03/05)
Glenn Sugameli, head of Earthjustice's judicial nomination project, says "Roberts' opinion advanced a view of Congressional power that could threaten to undermine a wide swath of environmental protections, including the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act."

Court Nominee pressed on views on 'Standing' environmental laws (Inside EPA, 07/29/05)
Article mentions Earthjustice's concerns towards Roberts's views on 'Standing'

The Hate America, Hate-Roberts Left (FrontPage Magazine, 07/27/05)
Editor of right-wing magazine admits that "“Judging the Environment” campaign has already felled its share of victims, the most recent being William Myers, an attorney in the Department of Interior. Myers’s 2004 nomination to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals failed owing in no small part to the relentless efforts of Earthjustice. "

Toad opinion hints at Roberts' stance (Miami Herald, 07/23/05)
Miami Herald report on Judge Roberts extensively quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Toadus Operandi: John G. Roberts' enviro record not so green (Grist Magazine, 07/22/05)
Article extensively quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Roberts' views of Congress' constitutional authority under the Commerce Clause to protect the environment.

Environmental groups study Roberts's rulings with concern  (Boston Globe, 07/21/05)
Boston Globe article quotes President of Earthjustice Buck Parker saying Roberts "may fail to uphold our key environmental safeguards as a Supreme Court justice".

Bush picks John Roberts for Supreme Court (Greenwire, 07/20/05)
Article on Roberts's nomination to the Supreme Court quotes Earthjustice.

Environment Lawyers Uneasy Over Roberts' Supreme Court Nomination (Environment News Service, 07/19/05)
Article features extensive quotations from Earthjustice Executive Director Buck Parker.

High Court Pick to Face Scrutiny on Federal Role in Environmental Law (Inside EPA, 07/08/05)
Article cites Earthjustice and Community Rights Counsel's hope for a "moderate" Supreme Court nominee.

Interest Group Reactions (Supreme Court Nomination Blog, 07/01/05)
Justice O'Connor's retires: initial reactions from Earthjustice and other groups likely to be active in nomination debate.

Court nominee (Idaho State Journal, 06/24/05)
Letter to the Editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the reasons behind William G. Myers' failed nomination to the Ninth Circuit.

Groups Say New Justice Will Stymie Environmental Protection (Chemical Week, 06/15/05)
Janice Rogers Brown's record raises concerns that she will be "legislating from the bench," says Earthjustice attorney James Cox. Brown's record "reveals she's a staunch, opening activist opponent of fundamental government safeguards," he says.

Pryor confirmed despite environmentalist warnings (Environment News Service, 06/10/05)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli analyzes Senate confirmation of William Pryor.

Senate Dems Still Willing and Able to Block Anti-Environmental nominees (E/The Environmental Magazine, 06/03/05)
Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice: "The decision of moderate Senators to reach a compromise that allows them to step back from the brink of all-out partisan 'nuclear' warfare in the United States Senate is a victory for democracy, and for our nation's protections for clean air, clean water, and special natural places. The fact that William Myers will not be allowed to be confirmed shows how important environmental protections have become to the issue of maintaining fair and independent courts."

FEDERAL JUDICIARY: Senate approves Owen to 5th Circuit, eyes Myers for cloture vote (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 05/26/05)
"Anti-environmental judges like Priscilla Owen are the price the American people have to pay when President Bush refuses to consult with the Senate in a spirit of bipartisanship," said Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli.

Senators End Filibuster on Owen, 81-18 (Daily Journal, 05/25/05)
Article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on the "Gang of 14" Senators' deal: "The fact that [William] Myers will not be allowed to be confirmed shows how important environmental protections have become to the issue of maintaining fair and independent courts."

Clear Path for Some Nominees (Los Angeles Times, 05/24/05)
Myers, who was chosen for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, [came] under attack for his record on environmental rather than social issues. Though he could have brought ideological balance to a liberal-leaning court, his nomination did not garner unquestioning support among Senate Republicans. A former mining industry lawyer and the top Interior Department lawyer from 2001 to 2003, he had been ardently opposed by nearly every prominent environmental group, including Earthjustice, the Sierra Club and the National Wildlife Federation.

Moderates and Senior Statespersons Create a possible third party (American Politics Today, 05/23/05)
The impact of the Gang of 14 compromise that preserved the right to filibuster judicial nominees is discussed.

Maine Is Focus of Senate Battle on Filibuster (New York Times, 05/06/05)
Conservatives here have discovered a new patron saint this spring: Thomas Brackett Reed of Portland, a congressman from 1877 to 1889 who earned the nickname Czar Reed for helping abolish a type of filibuster practiced in the House.

Right-Wingers Running Full Court Press (Environmental News Network (ENN), 04/28/05)
Earthjustice Executive Director Buck Parker Commentary on right-wing attack against fair courts, including nuclear option, Ninth Circuit split and William Myers' nomination.

On Judges, Conservatives and Liberals agree: No Deal (The Hill, 04/27/05)
The Hill newspaper extensively quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on William Myers and other controversial judicial nominees and possible Senate deals to avoid the "nuclear option."

This is a poor nominee for judge (Albany Democrat-Herald [OR], 03/28/05)
Letter to the Editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Ninth Circuit nominee William G. Myers' environmental record.

INTERIOR: IG report blames department attorneys, not Myers, for failed Wyo. grazing deal  (Land Letter, 02/24/05)
Article quotes Judging the Environment's Glenn Sugameli

Judicial nominees, filibuster and the environment (Daily Kos, 02/15/05)
The environmental community is girding for an all-out battle against Myers, described by Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli as "the most anti-environmental judicial nominee we have ever seen."

Congressional Challenges in 2005: Judicial Nominations (Environmental News Network (ENN), 02/14/05)
Commentary by Earthjustice's Buck Parker: "For the first time, the importance of protecting the environment has become a major issue in federal judicial selection. ... As an organization founded to protect the public's right to enforce environmental laws, it is critical that Earthjustice work to protect access to the courts and prevent the confirmation of judges whose records indicate that they are likely to abuse their offices and to undermine the nation's environmental laws."

Government wins mining ruling - Precedent possible on property rights (Courier-Journal (KY), 02/02/05)
"It wipes off the books some support for these very adventuresome (property rights) claims," added Glenn Sugameli, a lawyer with the environmental group Earthjustice, which tracks property rights cases.

Rejected Last Year, Bush Anti-Environmental Judicial Nominees Are Back  (Bush Greenwatch, 01/27/05)
Noting that the Senate has already approved 204 of President Bush's 260 nominees, Earthjustice senior legislative counsel Glenn Sugameli says "Renomination of so many judges who the Senate has refused to confirm has never happened before. President Bush is trying to convert the Senate into a rubber stamp."

SENATE RULES: 'Nuclear Option' hinges on GOP moderates, senior senators  (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 01/26/05)
"The other decisive factor should be, and presumably would be, the other interest groups who have things they would like the Senate to accomplish this year that would require bipartisan cooperation," said Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli. "If the nuclear option is triggered, none of them would be possible."

Business interests gird for battle on judicial nominations (Greenwire, 01/13/05)
Article extensively quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Environment in Exile? Prospects for the Federal Judiciary in the Second Bush Administration (Environmental Quality Management, 01/01/05)
Jim DiPeso: Judicial appointments could enable President George W. Bush to stamp his philosophical imprint onto the nation's environmental policies well into the twenty-first century. Cites Judging the Environment website.

Pickering announces retirement, blasts Democratic filibusters (Greenwire, 12/09/04)
Greenwire article on Charles Pickering Sr. quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Awaiting fate of the 'filibuster 10'; Circuit nominees may escape logjam. Ideology and control; Trying again (National Law Journal, 11/15/04)
Article includes extensive comments and analysis from Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on President Bush's choice between confirming nominees and ensuring a continuing battle; on the importance of the D.C. and 9th Circuits; on nominee William Myers' anti-environmental record; and on the future of filibusters.

Environment Officials See a Chance to Shape Regulations (Los Angeles Times, 11/10/04)
Los Angeles Times quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on how key courts are close to the tipping point on environmental protections.

GOP Gains Four Senate Seats, But Democrats Can Filibuster  (Daily Journal, 11/04/04)
Daily Journal article includes comments by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Thumbs on the Scales of Justice (Grist Magazine, 10/14/04)
Bush-appointed judges rule against environmental regs more often than others, report finds. Article includes analysis by Earthjustice managing attorney Patti Goldman.

Four More Years for the Earth (YubaNet, 10/13/04)
YubaNet article by Kelpie Wilson mentions Earthjustice's efforts.

COURTS: House votes to break up 9th Circuit; Senate not likely to act (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 10/06/04)
Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli said the amendment is an attempt by opponents of environmental laws and enforcement to seek out friendly judges and rulings. "They don't like the decisions, so instead of changing the laws they're changing the judges," Sugameli said.

House Votes to Gerrymander the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (How Appealing, 10/05/04)
How Appealing blog: "House Votes to Gerrymander the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; Sneak vote to split federal appeals court threatens environment": The organization Earthjustice issued this press release today.

Democrats dislike nominee's enviro record (Waste News, 08/02/04)
"Fortunately, a sufficient number of Senators saw through the Bush administration's attempt to turn an anti-environmental activist into a lifetime federal judge,'' said Buck Parker, executive director of Earthjustice.

Senators Block Bush Judicial Nomination, Calling Nominee Anti-Environmental (Waste News, 07/22/04)
Environmental groups including Earthjustice and the Sierra Club applauded the Senate for blocking the confirmation vote on William Myers.

Democrats Block Bush Judicial Nominee on Environmental Grounds  (Environment News Service, 07/21/04)
“As his actions as Interior solicitor demonstrate, Mr. Myers sees nothing wrong with using public office to advance his personal agenda, which happens to match that of the mining and beef industries who employed him for most of his career,” said Buck Parker, executive director of Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law firm. “Fortunately, a sufficient number of senators saw through the Bush administration’s attempt to turn an anti-environmental activist into a lifetime federal judge.”

Controversial nominee suffers blow (Native American Times, 07/20/04)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on William Myers: "Nearly every public statement he has ever made and every professional action he has ever taken has been for the benefit of the mining and beef industries at the expense of our nation's public lands, clean air and water, and wildlife, and to the detriment of the rights of Native Americans."

NOMINATIONS: Frist files for cloture vote on Myers nomination (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 07/19/04)
"It's being used as an issue to try and motivate the base," said Glenn Sugameli, an attorney for Earthjustice, which opposes the nomination. "It's one that we are confident we'll win; he will not become a judge."

Frist Sets Stage For Next Big Debate Over Judicial Nominee (Congress Daily, 07/16/04)
Earthjustice Executive Director Buck Parker on William Myers' nomination: "Mr. Myers sees nothing wrong with using his public office to advance his private agenda, which matches that of the mining and beef industries who employed him for most of his adult life."

Radio interview of Glenn Sugameli (Air America, 05/04/04)
Air America radio broadcasts interview of Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on William Myers' nomination.

Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Kavanaugh Nomination (CNSNews.com, 04/27/04)
Article extensively quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on concerns about the D.C. Circuit nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.

WWOW-AM radio interviews Jim Cox (WWOW, 04/21/04)
Louie Free interviews Earthjustice's Jim Cox on William Myers' nomination.

Senate Panel Clears Myers, Floor Fight To Focus On Environment (Inside EPA, 04/08/04)
Quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli and Community Rights Counsel's Doug Kendall.

Senate Panel OKs Judicial Nominee Despite Protests; Filibuster Expected (Los Angeles Times, 04/04/04)
Nearly every prominent environmental group, including Earthjustice, the Sierra Club and the National Wildlife Federation, opposes William Myers' nomination.

Partisan Vote Advances Bush Judge Nominee (Los Angeles Times, 04/02/04)
All 10 Republicans on the panel voted in favor of William G. Myers III, a longtime lawyer for the mining and cattle industries, while all nine Democrats voted against him — setting the stage for a filibuster when the nomination reaches the Senate floor.

Panel OKs nomination to 9th Circuit  (Billings Gazette, 04/02/04)
"As his opinions as Interior solicitor demonstrate, Mr. Myers sees nothing wrong with using his public office to advance his private agenda, which matches that of the mining and beef industries who employed him for most of his adult life," Earthjustice Executive Director Buck Parker said in a statement. "Worse, he is willing to twist the law to reach the result he'd like to see."

Committee OKs judicial nominee  (Associated Press, 04/02/04)
Associated Press article quotes Earthjustice's Jim Cox on William Myers being voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Senate panel approves nomination of Idaho lawyer to 9th Circuit Court (Independent Record [MT], 04/02/04)
Independent Record/ Knight-Ridder/Tribune: "As his opinions as Interior solicitor demonstrate, Mr. Myers sees nothing wrong with using his public office to advance his private agenda, which matches that of the mining and beef industries who employed him for most of his adult life," Earthjustice Executive Director Buck Parker said.

NOMINATIONS: Senate Judiciary likely to consider Myers nomination this week (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 03/29/04)
Senators on the Judiciary Committee rarely come out in formal opposition to a nominee prior to a vote, said Earthjustice attorney Glenn Sugameli. Feinstein's statement of opposition paves the way for a 10 to 9 party-line vote on the nomination, Sugameli predicted.

Native Leaders Lobby Against Judicial Nominee Myers (Environment News Service, 03/25/04)
Leaders of Native American organizations gathered on Capitol Hill Wednesday to protest the nomination of attorney William G. Myers III to a lifetime seat on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals which has jurisdiction over much of Indian Country.

Feinstein Opposes Nominee (Los Angeles Times, 03/24/04)
Los Angeles Times quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli and Community Rights Counsel's Doug Kendall on disclosure by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), a pivotal Senate Judiciary Committee member, that she would vote against William G. Myers III for the 9th Circuit, a move likely to trigger a filibuster.

Planet Check Enviro Report radio interviews Glenn Sugameli (Planet Check Enviro Report, 03/22/04)
Radio program aired on multiple stations interviews Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on William Myers' nomination.

KGVO-AM radio interview of Jim Cox (KGVO-AM, 03/19/04)
MT radio interviews Earthjustice's Jim Cox on William Myers' nomination.

Judge takes bench despite opposition; Environmental groups dislike Clean Water Act rulings from Alabama's former attorney general. (Waste News, 03/01/04)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on President Bush's recess appointment of William Pryor: "This is another slap in the face of the constitutional process of judicial selection. President Bush is using a five-day Senate recess as a fig leaf to ride roughshod over the objections of senators, environmental groups, and many other concerned citizens.'' Pryor, as Alabama's attorney general, has taken "extreme stances'' opposing the federal government's role in protecting the environment, including challenging the constitutionality of portions of the Clean Water Act. "Appointing a judge like this to a federal appeals court shows that President Bush has no respect for the rights of American citizens to challenge polluters and other lawbreakers.''

WWOW-AM radio interview with Glenn Sugameli (WWOW, 02/18/04)
Radio interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on William Myers' nomination.

Tipping the Scales (High Country News, 02/16/04)
For four decades, the federal courts have stood up for environmental laws. If G.W. Bush has his way, that will soon be ancient history. In-depth feature article quotes Earthjustice attorneys Susan Daggett and Glenn Sugameli.

Court and Spark: Bush nominates eco-hostile lobbyist to federal appeals court  (Grist Magazine, 02/10/04)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on William Myers nomination: the committee took up "a fundamental question of American justice: Is a man who has advanced an absolutist ideological viewpoint throughout his entire career fit to be a federal judge?" (Sugameli has compiled info on the professional track records of Myers and other Bush judicial nominees on Earthjustice's Judging the Environment webpage.)

Nominee For 9th Circuit Will Face Senators (Daily Journal, 02/05/04)
"William Myers' only apparent qualifications for a seat on the 9th Circuit are that he has long been a lawyer and lobbyist for the mining and cattle industries and has used his public office as Interior solicitor to further their interests at the expense of Native Americans and the environment," Earthjustice executive director Buck Parker said.

Environmental, Civil Rights Groups Oppose Bush Judicial Nominee (Associated Press, 02/04/04)
Associated Press: Earthjustice's executive Director Buck Parker says Myers "He the clearest anti-environmental record of any of the nominees to date. He has made a career as a lobbyist and lawyer trying to overturn environmentally protective laws and regulations."

KFPA Evening News Piece on 9th Circuit Nominee William Myers (KPFA Radio, 02/03/04)
KFPA Radio's Evening News segment on the nomination of William Myers to the 9th circuit interviews Buck Parker and Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice (Start at 31:08 mark).

Bush gives Pryor recess appointment to 11th Circuit; Myers grilled by senators (Endangered Species & Wetlands Report, 02/01/04)
“This is another slap in the face of the Constitutional process of judicial selection,” said Glenn Sugameli, Senior Legislative Counsel for Earthjustice. “President Bush is using a five-day Senate recess as a fig leaf to ride roughshod over the objections of senators, environmental groups, and many other concerned citizens.”

MINING: Proposed rules would limit ownership and control of coal mines (, 01/08/04)
Land Letter article extensively quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Interior Department's proposed gutting of coal mining regulations.

Interior proposes revisions to ownership and control rules (Greenwire, 01/06/04)
Article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli stating, "But environmentalists said the rules would undercut a mechanism that has been vital in protecting the environment. "This is one of the very few effective ways that Interior forces the cleanup of abandoned or problem sites."

The dangers of push polls (Washington Times, 12/19/03)
Letter to the Editor by Earthjustice's James Cox in response to Andres op-ed column claiming that voters were upset with Democrats obstruction of judicial nominees.

KPFA Evening News Piece on Judicial Filibuster (KPFA Radio, 11/14/03)
KPFA Radio report on the use of Judicial Filibustering interviews Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli (Starts at 48:00 mark).

All American Talk radio interviews Glenn Sugameli (All American Talk radio, 11/12/03)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli reports live from the Senate on judicial nominee filibusters.

Reality Check on Judicial Nominations (Washington Post, 10/29/03)
Letter to the Editor by Earthjustice's Rhett Millsaps responding to Robert Novak's op-ed opposing filibusters on judicial nominees.

Activists Opposing Extreme Judges Converge in D.C. (CivilRights.org, 10/15/03)
Several advocacy groups hosted October 14’s “Lobby Day on Judges” in Washington, D.C., in order to bring together advocates who oppose the controversial judicial nominations of judges such as Charles W. Pickering, Janice Rogers Brown, and William Myers.

Judicial Nominees Draw Attention Of More Environmental Groups (Inside EPA, 08/15/03)
Article on controversial nominees quotes Earthjustice and other environmental organizations on their opposition to the nominees.

Controversy Over Judicial Nominees Derails Energy Bill (Environment News Service, 07/31/03)
"The only consistency in his record is favoring big corporate polluters," said Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice, one of 16 national environmental and planning groups opposing William Pryor's nomination." "There is a difference between someone who is a fair minded conservative judge and an active ideologue."

Judging Judges (Living on Earth, 07/25/03)
Public Radio International's Living on Earth interviews Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on 11th Circuit nominee William Pryor and the impact of President Bush's judicial nominees on the balance of federal courts.

Senate approves appointee to federal claims bench (Greenwire, 07/10/03)
Article on the nomination of Victor Wolski quotes Earthjustice.

Claims Court Nominee Draws Fire (Daily Journal, 07/09/03)
Earthjustice’s Glenn Sugameli said that judges like Wolski could "essentially rewrite the Constitution" by accepting unjustified claims that government actions intended to provide safeguards for the environment, health or safety are "takings" of private property, "which means the taxpayers have to subsidize the companies to obey the law.".

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: Frist filibuster proposal to undergo first test (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 06/24/03)
"Changing Senate rules in order to raise the confirmation rate from the current 98 percent to 100 percent would be like banning bats from all baseball games to guarantee that every game will be a no-hitter," said Glenn Sugameli, an attorney with Earthjustice. "The Senate needs to retain the ability to block extreme anti-environmental candidates for lifetime judgeships, or it might as well be a rubber stamp.

Supreme Seat Up for Grabs? (Legal Times, 06/09/03)
Environmental groups will be important addition to Supreme Court nomination fights. Article quotes Community Rights Counsel's Doug Kendall on increased "level of awareness in the environmental community about the threat involved in judicial nominations," and Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on environmental "research, media, education, lobbying, outreach, and networking" on President Bush's previous judicial nominees.

"We have a great view of what's going on" (The Hill, 05/21/03)
“During their first months in office the Bush administration tried to get Congress or federal agencies to weaken environmental laws and programs,” said Buck Parker, executive director of Earthjustice, a public interest environmental law firm. “Increasingly, they are shifting their efforts to the courts,” he claimed. “[They are] not aggressively defending anti-environmental suits brought by industry, and the predictable result is the substantial weakening of environmental laws.”

Environmentalists Urge Senate To Reject Bush Nominee (Environment News Service, 05/07/03)
A coalition of more than a dozen environmental groups is urging the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to oppose the nomination of Carolyn Kuhl to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Bush Wages Legal Battle Against Environmental Law (Environment News Service, 05/02/03)
The Bush administration has repeatedly used the federal courts to try and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a law environmentalists describe as the "Magna Carta" of U.S. environmental policy.

Opposition swells against Ohio judge nominee  (Associated Press, 04/26/03)
The Sierra Club is among 10 environmental groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, which have sent senators a letter criticizing Sutton's environmental record.

Environmentalists Go After Ohioan's Judicial Nomination (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 04/23/03)
Sixth Circuit nominee Jeffrey Sutton: article cites Earthjustice opposition and analysis, including quote from Glenn Sugameli.

WWOW Radio Interview with Jim Cox (WWOW, 04/21/03)
Radio Interview with Earthjustice's Jim Cox on Judicial Nominations

WDEL-AM Radio Interview with Jim Cox (WDEL-AM, 03/19/03)
Radio Interview with Earthjustice's Jim Cox on Judicial Nominations.

Bush's Appeals Court Nominee Dealt Senate Setback (Environment News Service, 03/06/03)
President Bush suffered a rare defeat in the Senate, as Democrats blocked confirmation of his D.C. Circuit nominee.

WWOW Radio Interview with Glenn Sugameli (WWOW, 02/18/03)
Radio Interview with Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on Judicial Nominations

Bush's Judicial Nominees Alarm Conservationists (Environment News Service, 01/28/03)
Environmental groups fear that several of the Bush administration's nominees to the federal appellate court will act to advance their ideological agendas, rather than interpret the legality of government policies.

For Environmentalists, Victories in the Courts (Washington Post, 01/27/03)
With diminished political influence at the White House and on Capitol Hill, environmental groups increasingly and successfully are turning to the courts for help in blocking efforts to relax or scrap environmental protections.

First the Senate, Now the Courts of Appeal (New York Times, 12/01/02)
The newly-elected Republican majority in the Senate will allow President Bush to shift the courts more to the right.

Liberals to choose their battles on judge nominees (Recorder, 11/12/02)
Article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on impact of change in control of the Senate on judicial nominees, and filibusters as a plausible weapon against those nominees who are not qualified to serve.

Liberals Bracing for Quick Judicial Action by Bush (Los Angeles Times, 11/07/02)
Los Angeles Times quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on concerns about judges with extreme views that threaten basic protections for the environment and public health."

Democrats reject Owen nomination (Houston Chronicle, 09/06/02)
Article cites Earthjustice's argument that "Owen's rulings show a probusiness . . . bias that is also hostile to . . . the environment."

Judge Says Government Should Pay Millions to Former Republican Party Head (Lexington Herald-Leader, 08/30/02)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli blasted "bizarre" ruling, saying Judge Loren Smith is at the forefront of a radical, no-controls agenda on property rights.

Three Ex-Aides to Sen. Orrin Hatch Are Now on the Federal Bench (Delaware Law Weekly, 08/28/02)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli explains radical property rights movement to reduce environmental safeguards, and details extreme "takings" opinions written by a former Senate aide.

Hatch becoming something of a judge maker (Legal Times, 08/19/02)
Article reports that if Senate confirms nominee Lawrence Block, “no fewer than four former legal aides to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R. -- Utah) will be serving as federal judges.”

Senate Panel Quizzes Hatch Staffer (Associated Press, 08/01/02)
Earthjustice on nomination of Sen. Orrin Hatch's staffer Lawrence Block to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims: Block, while working for Hatch, advocated legislation that would "redefine takings in a manner that would threaten a wide range of safety, health, environmental, civil rights, and other protections. An ultraconservative interpretation of the Takings Clause could be extremely damaging, redefining property rights at the expense of neighboring property, public health, and the environment."

Nominee Smith approved; enviros eye fight over Owen, others (Greenwire, 08/01/02)
Greenwire article on environmental issues regarding nominations includes analysis by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli.

Supreme Court decision limiting federal power over states will affect EPA (BNA, 05/30/02)
Glenn Sugameli of EarthJustice said that the decision "forecloses options" for private parties to seek relief against state actions, and accused the Court majority of "going where the Constitution does not" and "reaching for the result they want to reach" without regard for the text of the Constitution.

Controversial nominee Smith approved by Senate committee (Greenwire, 05/23/02)
Article quotes Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli on strong environmental statements by Senators on judicial nominee D. Brooks Smith, and environmental community involvement, and quotes Earthjustice group letter detailing concerns with Priscilla Owen nomination.

Federalist Society speech supports the case against Judge Smith (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03/21/02)
Letter to the editor by Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli about 3rd Circuit nominee Judge D. Brooks Smith's 1993 Federalist Society speech.

Enviros criticize third judicial nomination, two others head to Senate (Greenwire, 02/27/02)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli details environmental letter expressing concerns with several opinions by Third Circuit nominee D. Brooks Smith, and explains focus on nominees to appeals courts, which decide vast majority of cases.

Greens join 'Let's derail a judge' game (High Country News, 02/18/02)
Some "highly ideological and activist judges are threatening the very core of environmental law," warns a campaign by a dozen groups, including the green law firm, Earthjustice.

Environmental Groups Urge Investigation Into Record of U.S. Appeals Court Nominee (BNA, 02/05/02)
On Judge D. Brooks Smith's decision setting a fine for Clean Water Act violations that saved a coal company $5 million, Glenn Sugameli of Earthjustice said that by letting "them off with a $50,000 criminal fine [Smith sent] a simple message: illegal pollution can pay."

Senate Farm Bill amendment would compensate Klamath farmers for loss (Greenwire, 12/19/01)
Earthjustice and others oppose amendment requiring paying farmers to obey the Clean Water Act, ESA, and other laws that do not take their property.

MINING: Ruling on Rith 'takings' case left intact (Greenwire, 11/14/01)
Earthjustice's Glenn Sugameli says that takings claims have uphill battles, for good reason.

COURTS: Enviros call for tighter scrutiny with Bush's judge selections (Greenwire, 07/19/01)
A green group coalition including Earthjustice and Community Rights Counsel announced a campaign to monitor President Bush's judicial nominees based on their environmental records.

Disputes cloud Norton's nomination to lead Interior (Houston Chronicle, 01/18/01)
"property rights arguments often are used to justify development on and near federal lands, said Glenn Sugameli, an attorney ... "Whoever is interior secretary will have enormous authority over public lands and resources and will make decisions that affect everyone's property rights, and we think it's critical to make them with an eye on the interests of everyone downstream, downwind and downhill, remembering the public's resources," he said."

Alaska Congressman Battles for Changes in Endangered Species Act (CNSNews.com, 07/06/00)
Glenn P. Sugameli, an attorney ... calls Young's legislation an attempt to establish "a new entitlement for people who have not lost any property rights according to every member of the Supreme Court who has ever sat..." "It's a claim of, 'we want to rewrite property rights, we want to create new property rights...at the expense of other people's property rights and the environment,"' Sugameli said. "These proposals...provide...an indirect [Trojan horse attack] through changing either the standards or the procedures that are used in a way that would tilt the playing field totally toward the developers and totally against the neighbors and the community."

Forests, parks also at risk (Charleston Gazette (WV), 12/26/99)
"Glen[n] Sugameli, a lawyer with the National Wildlife Federation, said OSM should make coal companies prevent subsidence damage, not just compensate citizens for it. Sugameli also noted that the repair and compensation provisions apply to private homes and water supplies. "What about schools, churches, graveyards, national parks and all of those areas?" Sugameli said. "There are a lot of other places that just don't have those protections," he said. "You should prevent the damage from happening. OSM has that authority, and they should exercise it.""

Oceans: House to act on long-awaited CZMA reauthorization (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 08/05/99)
"Glenn Sugameli, senior counsel with the National Wildlife Federation, said the amendment would destroy coastal protections by prohibiting CZMA from restricting uses of private property, even if the restricted uses would pollute and destroy coastal resources."

Endangered Species/Property Rights: House panel to consider ESA-oriented property rights bill  (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 04/12/99)
""This bill is never going to be signed into law," said Glenn Sugameli, counsel with the National Wildlife Federation, explaining that when a similar bill was passed by the House as part of the Contract with America, President Clinton vowed to veto the legislation. . . . And Sugameli charged, "This is a Trojan horse attack on ESA. No court has ever agreed that ESA has resulted in a takings.""

Endangered Species/Property Rights: Young introduces ESA-oriented property rights bill  (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 03/22/99)
"Glenn Sugameli, counsel for the National Wildlife Federation, retorted, "There's no need to further the 5th Amendment. It's already in place and it's binding." He continued, "This is a Trojan horse attack on ESA. No court has ever agreed that ESA has resulted in a takings.""

Property Rights: Hopes dim for federal takings bill this year; focus on states  (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 01/19/99)
"Glenn Sugameli, counsel at the National Wildlife Federation, suggested that since the legislation advanced last year was "clearly repudiated" and had against it not only a veto threat from the White House but bipartisan opposition in the Senate, this Congress is not likely to be more receptive to the legislation. Besides last year's legislative repudiation, Sugameli pointed out other, more recent, influences that may further diminish the momentum the legislation once had. For one, with over 200 ballot initiatives concerning land conservation and smart growth included in last November's national elections, the issue of how to control urbanization and local land use decisions was thrown into the spotlight. The number of initiatives voters had to mark a stance on - over 200 - and the number of ballots that were approved - over half - is indication, Sugameli and other environmental and conservation interest groups say, of a national trend toward communities and local and state governments more conscientiously preserving farm and environmentally sensitive lands or concentrating development, a trend that would be hampered under property rights legislative proposals. (See related story, p. 16.) Sugameli and other conservation advocates say that the message sent during the elections was that Capitol Hill officials need to listen to state proposals and local initiatives and that state and local officials are not keen on losing their authority on land use decisions. "Governors came out having more clout than people on the Hill," Sugameli concluded."

Takings Exception (Cont'd) (Washington Post, 08/18/98)
Glenn Sugameli Letter to the Editor: "It is the Aug. 3 letter by Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.), "Taking Exception to Takings," that "includes several inaccurate assertions," not the July 12 editorial "Takings Exception,... S. 2271 and H.R. 1534, Rep. Gallegly's companion bill, were designed expressly to circumvent local land-use procedures and to ensure that developers do not have "to exhaust all viable options" before making a federal case out of a local zoning dispute."

Property Rights: House passes property rights bill after dramatic fight to reject amendment (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 03/16/98)
"Glenn Sugameli, counsel with the National Wildlife Federation, also argues that the bill would impede on property owners' ability to protect their own property rights. "Affected neighbors trying to prevent a development that would harm their property would find it much more difficult and expensive to try to intervene in the Court of Federal Claims than in their local district court." Sugameli also said, "H.R. 992 would invite anyone who is not satisfied with existing settled precedent in their local federal district and appellate courts to create massive uncertainty by filing claims in the Court of Federal Claims.""

Property Rights: Senators to wrestle over property rights bill before floor vote  (Environment & Energy (E & E) Daily, 03/02/98)
""The bill is so fundamentally flawed that there's no way to fix it," Glenn Sugameli, counsel with the National Wildlife Federation, said."

Land use legislation clears Senate committee (Associated Press, 02/26/98)
"But some of the bill's critics questioned what kind of changes might be acceptable. "I don't see how they can fix this," said Glenn Sugameli "

RULING HELPS COAL COMPANIES THAT BROKE THE LAW (Charleston Gazette (WV), 02/23/97)
"Glenn Sugameli, an attorney with the National Wildlife Federation, said the current OSM rule serves two important purposes. It forces companies responsible for past problems to clean them up before getting another permit. And it forces outlaw companies out of the mining business altogether. Without the rule, Sugameli said, companies with violations would be able to set up subsidiaries that would now qualify for permits. "That doesn't make any sense," he said. Sugameli said it would be nice if Congress filled in the gap in the law, but he said it's doubtful whether the current Congress would do so."

`BAD' COAL OPERATORS GET BREAK (Associated Press, 02/12/97)
""The ownership and control rules have been the single most important tool in ensuring that companies clean up existing violations in order to get new permits, and to prevent irresponsible operators from mining and destroying and leaving unreclaimed new sites," Glenn Sugameli, an attorney

OSM OFFICIAL DEFENDS MINING RULE CHANGES (Charleston Daily Mail, 01/31/97)
"Glen[n] Sugameli, counsel for the federation, said the Carter and Reagan administrations interpreted the law to also prohibit underground mining. The Bush administration attempted to change the law, but the wildlife federation sued. A federal judge ruled that the agency did not follow correct procedure, such as allowing for a comment period. Sugameli said the office could have interpreted the law differently. As a result, he said more homes and parks will fall victim to subsidence. Coal companies that have surface mining are tightly regulated on subsidence, but the same won't be true for deep mines, he said. In the next 20 years, the agency estimates that 29,600 homes may be damaged by the new ruling, Sugameli said. He said the administration should have sided with homeowners rather than coal operators."

Clinton Pushes Protected-land Mining Changes .‎ (Associated Press, 01/31/97)
"It's a deal with the devil," said ... Glenn Sugameli, who interpreted the twin announcements as saying "We'll protect you against strip mining but not against damage from underground mining."

PROPERTY RIGHTS: LOTT HOLDS OFF ON BILL FOR THIS SESSION (Greenwire, 09/10/96)
"Glenn Sugameli of the National Wildlife Federation called Lott's abandonment of the bill a "major victory" "

PROPERTY RIGHTS: BILL SUPPORTERS PUSH FOR FLOOR VOTE (Greenwire, 07/19/96)
"Nat'l Wildlife Federation's Glenn Sugameli says that new provisions in the bill could extend coverage to the $1 trillion mortgage-backed securities market."

DEBATE GIVES NEW TAKE ON CONSERVATION AND PROPERTY RIGHTS (Buffalo News, 06/20/96)
"On Tuesday, the annual conference of the Outdoor Writers Association of America heard a debate between the Defenders of Property Rights, the lobbying organization that has helped promote the legislation, and the National Wildlife Federation, which is against the bills. ... Glenn P. Sugamelli, the National Wildlife Federation counsel for conservation programs, documented other incidents, including a 1995 case where a West Virginia strip mine was threatening to undermine hundreds of homes and another strip-mining incident when the collapse of a coal company refuse pile that had dammed a stream took 125 lives and destroyed 1,000 homes. ... such laws, the conservation lawyer said, would hamstring federal agencies and cause them to look over their shoulders, fearing their budgets would be diminished by settlement claims. In effect, clean air or clean water regulations would be put on hold, along with the Endangered Species Act, he said. And with 24 states now espousing such laws, it could mean local zoning laws might be affected. ... "The Supreme Court ruled against them," Sugameli said. "They supported the concept that wildlife belongs to everyone and rejected the feudal concept that the landed aristocracy own and control all wildlife." Many of the assembled newspaper and magazine writers here are pretty conservative and against government spending, sloth and bureaucratic paper-shuffling. Yet many seemed reluctant to go along with the idea that property rights must always take precedence over saving a duck marsh, or a trout stream."

Ref. 48 Defeat Has Louder Echoes -- A Property-Rights Stall Now In Congress, Too? (Seattle Times, 11/09/95)
"[O]pponents of such compensation said Referendum 48's defeat, coupled with equally overwhelming voter rejection of a measure in Arizona a year ago, could prompt Congress to step back. ... The two defeats are all the more impressive because the property-rights movement is widely perceived in Washington, D.C., as a Western phenomenon, said Glenn Sugameli, a lawyer ... ."

2 hang back on payment for land use (Advocate [Baton Rouge, LA], 02/28/95)
"If, as expected, Tauzin re-introduces essentially the same property-rights bill he has proposed in the past "we will oppose it just as strongly as the Judiciary Committee bill," said NWF's Glenn Sugameli. Both the Tauzin legislation and the Judiciary Committee bill hinder the government's ability to issue environment and public-safety regulations, said Sugameli, and both bills "have the same problems with cost, with bureaucracy, with red tape, with threat to the homeowner from flooding if a wetland is filled in and your house is downstream." Something closer to what he called a real compromise may emerge from a group of moderate Republicans, Sugameli said."

Smith to take high post in House: Republican from San Antonio to direct immigration panel (Austin American-Statesman, 01/09/95)
""Under Smith's proposal, if the government prevents a development because it would harm the house next door, it would not be the next-door neighbor who would be compensated. It would be the owner whose development the government did not allow,'' said Glenn Sugameli, an attorney with the National Wildlife Federation who characterizes Smith's property rights bill as extortion.""

Clause frames land-use debate: Fifth Amendment at center of property rights controversy (Austin American-Statesman, 10/15/94)
"Environmental, labor, consumer, health and other groups contend that bills such as Gramm's are so broad that they would bankrupt the country and undermine many seemingly unrelated values, such as health care, alcohol controls and provisions for disabled people. For example, a store that had to modify its entrance to accommodate wheelchairs, as required by federal law, could claim a loss of value because of the expense, said Glenn Sugameli, a lawyer for the National Wildlife Federation. Even "dial-a-porn" companies that provide X-rated conversation could seek compensation for the cost of complying with rules requiring controls on access by children, he said."

REGULATION OPPONENTS WIN SKIRMISH (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 07/24/94)
"This is an attempt to push the camel's nose into the tent," said National Wildlife Federation lawyer Glenn Sugameli. "It's the opening wedge for something much broader and much more dangerous."

Takings Exception' (Cont'd) (Washington Post, 03/20/94)
Glenn Sugameli Letter to the Editor: "Epstein's agenda of mandating financial payments even when the Constitution does not authorize it would still have a major impact on the federal budget. The March 8 letters from Richard A. Epstein and David J. Edmondson suffered from the same defects as Mr. Epstein's Feb. 23 op-ed article, "A Takings Exception" - they ignored the radical nature of the professor's beliefs and the extremist views of industry and congressional advocates of takings legislation. In his book, "Takings," Prof. Epstein argued that the New Deal is unconstitutional."

WETLANDS: WHITE HOUSE VS. "WISE USE" IN CLEAN WATER DE-BATE? (Greenwire, 01/27/94)
"We need to protect wetlands in order to protect private property," said National Wildlife Federation's Glenn Sugameli, who stressed the role of wetlands in controlling oth pollution and floods in surrounding areas."

PRIVATE PROPERTY ACT HAS A SINISTER SIDE (Deseret Morning News, 02/05/93)
Glenn Sugameli ..., who has been tracking such bills, said, "It's part of a general movement across the country. These bills were introduced last year at least in 27 states, that we know of." ... Sugameli traces the movement to the waning days of the Ronald Reagan presidency. He quoted "Order and Law," the memoirs of the solicitor general at the time, Charles Fried. Fried writes that then-Attorney General Edwin Meese had an aggressive and radical project in mind "to use the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment as a severe brake upon federal and state regulation of business and property.""

CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY MAY ALLOW STRIP MINING OF NATIONAL LANDS (Columbus Dispatch [OH], 09/29/92)
"She and other Department of Interior officials would not say yesterday whether the new definition was sparked by the Belville case, but Glen[n] Sugameli, an attorney with the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, said he believes it was. His organization, together with the Sierra Club and the League of Ohio Sportsmen had entered third-party briefs opposing Belville. Sugameli said the proposed buy-back plan does not constitute much protection, given the likely price of the land and the federal budget problems. He said the reason Congress provided protection for parks and other federal lands was because the lands were considered too sensitive to allow strip mining and then to count on reclamation efforts to restore them. ''We said, 'You can't do this. This would devastate the land,' '' Sugameli said."

High Court Backs Compensation for Loss of Land Rights (Los Angeles Times, 06/30/92)
Glenn Sugameli, ... said that he sees the ruling as "a major setback to the special interest groups that . . . fraudulently claim that they are wise users of natural resources. Not even a conservative court accepts the extreme argument that property owners must always be compensated whenever regulations designed to protect the public affect the use or value of property."

U.S. SOLICITOR IN SPOTLIGHT AT `GOD SQUAD' HEARINGS (Oregonian, 01/13/92)
"Glenn Sugameli says Sansonetti's decision essentially sidestepped the department's commitment to write rules restricting underground coal-mining that causes the ground to sink beneath homes, schoolyards, churchyards, cemeteries and within national parks and wildlife refuges. In July, Sansonetti issued an opinion that the Surface Mining Act of 1977 did not apply to subsidence of the ground beneath underground mines. Sugameli called the opinion ``outrageous, illegal and unjustified.''"

STUDY URGES SCRAPPING OF OLD CARS TO SAVE FUEL (Journal of Commerce, 10/24/91)
""Getting rid of old cars that would be retired in a year or two is not as important" as improving mileage standards for new cars that will be on the road for the next 10 to 20 years, criticized Glenn Sugameli, an attorney for the National Wildlife Federation."

ACTIVISTS FEAR EFFECTS OF STRIP-MINING LAW (Deseret Morning News, 09/02/91)
Quotes Glenn Sugameli

Automakers urged to cut performance, save fuel (Atlanta Journal Constitution, 05/10/91)
"More than 75 percent of the 440 model-year 1991 passenger cars also available in 1990 became less fuel efficient or showed no improvement in their fuel economy, said Glenn P. Sugameli, counsel for the National Wildlife Federation. "If this trend is not reversed, the overall efficiency of the United States on-the-road fleet will peak and then actually begin to drop as new cars start replacing more efficient older cars," Mr. Sugameli told the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power last month. He spoke on behalf of more than a dozen other environmental groups."

HEARINGS TO ADDRESS BLAIR PRESERVATION (Charleston Gazette (WV), 01/13/91)
Details how Glenn Sugameli from the National Wildlife Federation "wrote to Wayland, questioning Massey's plans to strip mine"