MA Town Health Board Claims “Unlimited Power” to Stop TGP

Who knew the U.S. Constitution had a clause in it that grants the Deerfield, Massachusetts town health board "unlimited power" to do what they want to do. That's what Cristobal Bonifaz, a lawyer from Conway, MA, is claiming. Even though the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, according to federal law, is the sole agency charged with granting or withholding permission on interstate pipelines, Bonifaz says the Deerfield health board has "unlimited power" to do what they want, and he's volunteering to be their attorney in attempting to stop the expansion of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline through the township. How?...

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