CBS News: Eye on America

Residents of Convent, LA are surrounded by petrochemical plants. With the proposal of a new 400,000 acre Shintech plant, Gloria Braxton and her neighbors reached out the the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic for help. Three law students, Richard Exnicios, Orelia Merchant, Jennifer Lewis, worked the case. Governor Foster referred to the clinic as “Vigilantes”, “bandits”, and “bullies”, while threatening to take away Tulane University’s tax exemption status.