(July 7, 2023, 1:10 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Legal scholars filed an amicus curiae brief in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that it should grant a stay sought by environmental groups that oppose the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) pending a review of the approval granted to the pipeline project by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) because “an act of Congress violates the separation of powers when it directs the result in pending litigation without amending substantive law.”...