Quote-Unquote: Sackett’s defining moment -- and reactions follow

May 31, 2023
What they’re saying. High Court narrows CWA wetlands reach, but justices disagree on key definition : The Supreme Court unanimously held in Sackett v EPA for plaintiffs challenging the extent of the Clean Water Act’s definition of wetlands. But justices disagreed on how to define wetlands that become jurisdictional, with a 5-4 majority lining up behind Justice Samuel Alito’s narrowing definition that for wetlands to be federally jurisdictional they must be “indistinguishably part of a body of water.” Justice...


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