"The dusky gopher frog is a somewhat defenseless creature, confined these days to a handful of pampered ponds in a Mississippi forest and at “serious risk of extinction,” according to a government lawyer.
Yet it managed Monday to divide the understaffed Supreme Court into familiar camps and raised the possibility that the first case of the 2018 term might end in a tie. Or that the outcome might have to wait until the Senate confirms a ninth justice — Brett M. Kavanaugh or someone else.
There was talk of “draining the swamp,” but in this case, a literal one."
Robert Barnes reports for the Washington Post October 1, 2018.
SEE ALSO:
"Endangered Species: Supreme Court Weighs Protections For Rare Frog" (Greenwire)
Source: Washington Post, 10/02/2018
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