FEDERAL COURTS — JURISDICTION STRIPPING — FOURTH CIRCUIT HOLDS CONGRESS STRIPPED JURISDICTION TO HEAR PIPELINE CHALLENGE. — Appalachian Voices v. United States Department of the Interior, 78 F.4th 71 (4th Cir. 2023).

The article focuses on a Fourth Circuit case, Appalachian Voices v. United States Department of the Interior, regarding jurisdiction stripping concerning challenges to the Mountain Valley Pipeline. It mentions that the court ruled that Congress, through the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, had effectively stripped jurisdiction from federal courts and vested exclusive jurisdiction in the D.C. Circuit for challenges related to the pipeline.