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Supreme Court hears lively debate on protecting wetlands, led in part by new Justice Jackson

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday by hearing a property rights appeal that calls for limiting the government’s power to protect millions of acres of wetlands from development. At issue is whether the Clean Water Act forbids polluting wetlands and marshes that are near — but not strictly part of — waterways. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her first day on the bench ...
Environmental advocates rally protect our waters as the Supreme Court reviews the Sackett case, which could drastically reduce clean water protections, at the Supreme Court of the United States on Oct. 3, 2022, in Washington, DC.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday by hearing a property rights appeal that calls for limiting the government’s power to protect millions of acres of wetlands from development.

At issue is whether the Clean Water Act forbids polluting wetlands and marshes that are near — but not strictly part of — waterways.

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