Court’s Sackett Ruling Sparks Broad Uncertainties For Environmental Laws

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett v. EPA significantly narrows the Clean Water Act’s (CWA) wetlands protections, spurring a myriad of regulatory uncertainty not only for the future the water law but also for other bedrock environmental laws as the court prepares to review a case on Chevron deference. The Supreme Court’s May 25 decision in Sackett v. EPA ruled that only wetlands that are “indistinguishable” from adjacent jurisdictional waterbodies are subject to regulation -- overturning...