Feds Tell High Court New Law Didn't Moot Hanford Presumption Dispute

The U.S. Department of Justice said a new law in Washington state expanding the number of Hanford nuclear reservation workers covered by a presumption doesn’t eliminate the need for the nation’s top court to determine whether the presumption violates principles of intergovernmental immunity. The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hold oral arguments in U.S. v. Washington on April 18. Washington State Attorney General Robert Ferguson in a March 15 court filing said the dispute is moot because Gov. Jay Inslee enacted new legislation expanding the scope of the Hanford presumption. ...