Why does the constitution apply to things that happened yesterday?! It's OLD!
Big brain logic there. You can start with the fact that this population of fish wasn't listed as "threatened" until 1999. Then, I'm assuming here, they tried other things before proposing such a drastic course of action. Which resulted in a lawsuit, which is why you only found out about it today. The thing you have to realize is reality exists, is dynamic, and keeps chugging along even when not observed by you.
I say "population" because it's only listed as such in a handful of specific locations. The species itself is not endangered.
Explain the gap between the law existing and sudden enforcement of it.
That's the point at issue here. Not why laws continue to exist.
Big brain logic there. You can start with the fact that this population of fish wasn't listed as "threatened" until 1999. Then, I'm assuming here, they tried other things before proposing such a drastic course of action. Which resulted in a lawsuit, which is why you only found out about it today. The thing you have to realize is reality exists, is dynamic, and keeps chugging along even when not observed by you.
I say "population" because it's only listed as such in a handful of specific locations. The species itself is not endangered.
I bet you can figure it out.