Sacketts Urge High Court To Reject DOJ’s WOTUS Pitch On Wetlands

Plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case testing the limits of Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction over wetlands are urging the justices not to defer to the Biden administration’s approach in its newly finalized definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), arguing in a new letter that the rule contradicts key statements by one of the CWA’s architects. The Jan. 9 letter signed by Damien Schiff, lead attorney for the plaintiffs in Sackett v. EPA , responds to a recent...