Reps. Malinowski and Watson Coleman Statement on President Biden DOJ Decision Backing PennEast in Upcoming Supreme Court Case
March 11, 2021
March 11, 2021
WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Tomaz Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement:
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"We are disappointed that the U.S. Department of Justice has submitted a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in which it defends the PennEast Pipeline Company's efforts to exercise eminent domain to seize public lands. We agree with the State of New Jersey - and the 2019 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - that the Eleventh Amendment expressly ba . . .
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"We are disappointed that the U.S. Department of Justice has submitted a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in which it defends the PennEast Pipeline Company's efforts to exercise eminent domain to seize public lands. We agree with the State of New Jersey - and the 2019 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - that the Eleventh Amendment expressly ba . . .