Whales 1, U.S. Navy & DoD 0

A court has overruled the Department of Defense (DoD) and placed an injunction prohibiting the use of high-powered sonar by the Navy in their "war games" near Hawaii because of the damage it would cause to marine life, particularly whales, in the area. This is a positive ruling because the DoD had exempted the Navy from rules designed to protect marine life from the use of this sonar. It is another ruling against the executive branch's belief that it is free from all Congressional laws and judicial opinion.