WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sounded skeptical Monday of the National Park Service’s authority to prevent an Alaskan moose hunter from using his motorized rubber boat to access remote areas of the state. The case stems from Sturgeon’s 2007 encounter with three park rangers who ordered him off the Nation River within the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve in northeast Alaska. But Congress did not intend to allow hovercraft to be used, Kneedler said, calling them very loud and unsightly. That comment aligned with the argument made by Alaska assistant attorney general Ruth Botstein, who said the law protected the state’s control over rivers. The session Monday also displayed the difficulty the justices were having in reconciling the precise language of the 1980 law with arguments on both sides.

Source: National Post November 05, 2018 17:37 UTC