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Government power, from federal agencies to counties, highlights January session

SCOTUSBlog

Tori Madden) In recent years, property rights disputes have made headlines at the court — notably last year’s dispute between Idaho homeowners Michael and Chantell Sackett and the EPA, in which the justices sided with the property owners and curtailed the Clean Water Act’s protections for wetlands. Smith was charged with five felony counts.