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And in another blow to the Regulatory State:
Technically this is a 5-4 decision, in that only five justices signed on to the majority opinion, but there are no dissenting opinions, only concurring ones with different reasoning.
Supreme Court reins in Biden admin’s power over U.S. waterways
The Supreme Court rolled back the Environmental Protection Agency’s reach over U.S. waterways, dousing the Biden administration’s regulatory push and handing a victory to an Idaho couple blocked from building a house because the agency deemed their property a wetland.
www.washingtontimes.com
The Supreme Court rolled back the Environmental Protection Agency’s reach over U.S. waterways, dousing the Biden administration’s regulatory push and handing a victory to an Idaho couple blocked from building a house because the agency deemed their property a wetland.
The high court on Thursday said the federal government may regulate wetlands only that have a “continuous surface connection” to a body of water covered by the Clean Water Act, which protects “streams, oceans, rivers and lakes” and other “navigable waters.”
Technically this is a 5-4 decision, in that only five justices signed on to the majority opinion, but there are no dissenting opinions, only concurring ones with different reasoning.
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