Commentary: The Gulf oil disaster and the Public Trust Doctrine
Rafe Sagarin and Mary Turnipseed | McClatchy Newspapers

A year ago, we proposed that a simple, powerful, yet largely forgotten principle of American law known as the Public Trust Doctrine should be reinvigorated to protect coastal and marine resources. Now that the largest oil spill in U.S. history is consuming the Gulf of Mexico, our scientific and legal arguments have become more urgent.