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mystery-ak:
May 25, 2023 12:05pm EDT
Supreme Court delivers blow to key Biden environmental policy
Supreme Court ruling a 'loud and clear warning shot to the Biden administration,' top Republican senator says

By Thomas Catenacci | Fox News

    The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a ruling narrowing the federal government's authority regulating bodies of water and effectively upending a Biden administration policy that recently went into effect.

The high court's decision, which was delivered by Justice Samuel Alito, rejected the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) broad definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). The case centered on Michael and Chantell Sackett, two Idaho residents whom the EPA prohibited from building a home near a wetland years ago, citing the Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972.

"The EPA ordered the Sacketts to restore the site, threatening penalties of over $40,000 per day," Alito's majority opinion stated. "The EPA classified the wetlands on the Sacketts’ lot as 'waters of the United States' because they were near a ditch that fed into a creek, which fed into Priest Lake, a navigable, intrastate lake. The Sacketts sued, alleging that their property was not 'waters of the United States.'"

The ruling ultimately held that the federal government's WOTUS definition must be restricted to a water source with a "continuous surface connection" to major bodies of water.

While the decision was unanimous on the merits, the court split 5-4 on determining how the federal government should go about defining water sources.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-delivers-blow-key-biden-environmental-policy

mystery-ak:
Schumer rips 'MAGA' Supreme Court after 9-0 vote on EPA waters rule

Schumer said 9-0 decision by Supreme Court erodes US environmental laws

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-rips-maga-supreme-court-9-0-vote-epa-waters-rule

berdie:

--- Quote from: mystery-ak on May 25, 2023, 04:33:30 pm ---Schumer rips 'MAGA' Supreme Court after 9-0 vote on EPA waters rule

Schumer said 9-0 decision by Supreme Court erodes US environmental laws

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-rips-maga-supreme-court-9-0-vote-epa-waters-rule

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So Schumer is saying Kagan and Sotomayer are MAGA? Who knew? :rolling:

libertybele:

--- Quote from: berdie on May 25, 2023, 04:36:32 pm ---
So Schumer is saying Kagan and Sotomayer are MAGA? Who knew? :rolling:

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 888high58888 :silly:

Free Vulcan:

--- Quote from: mystery-ak on May 25, 2023, 04:33:30 pm ---Schumer rips 'MAGA' Supreme Court after 9-0 vote on EPA waters rule

Schumer said 9-0 decision by Supreme Court erodes US environmental laws

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-rips-maga-supreme-court-9-0-vote-epa-waters-rule

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Poor frustrated little man.

That Stalin bust in the little shrine in the backroom is going to be extra shiny tonite.

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