The… #WildernessSociety & other #environmental grps…had urged the court to uphold the temporary halt in #pipeline completion… & cited an 1871 #SCOTUS #precedent that held that #Congress can specify rules about how #FederalCourt cases should be heard & resolved, but it cannot #dictate how federal courts should rule, as that would be an #unconstitutional intrusion the #SeparatePowers of the #judiciary & would allow Congress "to pick winners & losers" in #litigation that before the federal courts.
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