Michael Swartz: With Little Fanfare, Endangered Species Act Turns 50
It's been an icon of "caring" government for half a century, but how did the law really do?
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It's been an icon of "caring" government for half a century, but how did the law really do?
On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. The powerful law charged the federal government with saving every endangered plant and animal in America. It enjoyed
THE FOUNDATION "The law of nature and the law of revelation are both Divine: they flow, though in different channels, from the same adorable source. It is indeed preposterous to separate them from each other." —James Wilson (1804) Fellow Patriots, on this day in 1974, Richard Nixon signed...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. “Nothing,” he said, “is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array
The powerful law charged the federal government with saving every endangered plant and animal in America. It enjoyed nearly unanimous bipartisan support but soon became controversial.