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Justice Jackson Kicks Off First Term With Debate on Clean Water Act

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Courtesy US District Court, Wash., Both cases involve the same dispute: Chantell and Mike Sacketts’ effort to build a property on land they own in Priest Lake, Idaho, parts of which the EPA has deemed to be a protected wetland, meaning the land is subject to federal jurisdiction and building on it requires a permit.

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Supreme Court rated tops at transparency of justices’ finances

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A recent report says the California Supreme Court is the best of state high courts at making information about justices’ financial interests available to the public. The nonprofit organization Fix the Court — which usually focuses on the federal courts and primarily the U.S. It’s not an easy find.

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Supreme Court curtails Clean Water Act

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Share The Supreme Court on Thursday established a more stringent test to determine whether the Clean Water Act applies to a wetland. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit applied the test outlined by Justice Anthony Kennedy in Rapanos v. On Thursday the Supreme Court reversed the 9th Circuit’s ruling.

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EPA’s authority over wetlands is at stake as justices wade back into regulatory morass

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Share When the Supreme Court returns to the bench on Oct. Environmental Protection Agency , the justices will once again weigh in on an Idaho couple’s efforts to build on land that they own – specifically, what test courts should use to determine whether the Clean Water Act applies to the land, which the EPA has deemed a wetland.

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US Supreme Court to Revisit Clean Water Act

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Supreme Court started its October 2022 Term with an environmental case that is poised to make waves. Environmental Protection Agency is the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 715 (2006), the Court held that the CWA does not regulate all wetlands.

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Cases on Clean Water Act and Voting Rights Act will headline October oral arguments

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Share With two dozen cases from its 2021-22 term still undecided, the Supreme Court on Tuesday released the first argument calendar for its 2022-23 term. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit used the correct test to determine whether wetlands are “waters of the United States” for purposes of the Clean Water Act. Goertz (Oct.

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Justices ponder Clean Water Act’s application to wetlands in Jackson’s first oral argument

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Share The Supreme Court returned to the bench on Monday for the start of its new term. The justices did not waste any time in getting down to business, hearing argument in a long-running dispute over an Idaho couple’s efforts to build a home on land that they own – but which the Environmental Protection Agency has deemed a “wetland.”