Stranglehold: Couple's fight to build home on own land returns to Supremes

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WND 1/30/2022

Stranglehold: Couple's fight to build home on own land returns to Supremes

Feds' attack has left owners unable to use property for more than 15 years

The case of an Idaho couple who bought a parcel of suburban land in Priest Lake, Idaho, to build a home only to be stopped by federal regulators is returning to the U.S. Supreme Court – not quite two decades after it started.

The Pacific Legal Foundation confirmed this week the high court will hear the case of Chantell and Mike Sackett.

They bought the land and were in the process of developing building plans when federal agents from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corp of Engineers launched a war against them.

The Sacketts have been in court fighting for the right to use their property since 2007. Their circumstances of their fight actually started in 2004.

The Supreme Court heard the Sacketts' case once before, ruling in 2012 that, contrary to EPA's view, the Sacketts had the right to immediately challenge the agency's assertion of authority over their homebuilding project. Now the court will consider whether their lot contains "navigable waters" subject to federal control, the PLF explained.

More: https://www.wnd.com/2022/01/stranglehold-couples-fight-build-home-land-returns-supremes/

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