Sacketts Petition Supreme Court To Adopt Scalia’s CWA Wetlands Definition

An Idaho couple in a long-running battle with EPA over whether land they own is subject to Clean Water Act (CWA) protections is asking the Supreme Court to step in and endorse the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s test for determining what wetlands fall under the law, after an appeals court recently reiterated support for a broader standard. “Fifteen years of fruitless confusion, conflict, and litigation is enough. This Court can and should chart a better course for the Clean Water...