Supreme Court Clears Way For More Development In Wetlands

May 26, 2023 / no comments

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Thursday to limit the scope of the Clean Water Act and allow for more development on previously protected wetlands.
Justices ruled the Environmental Protection Agency’s definition of wetlands within the CWA was inconsistent with the way the law was written, giving the EPA room to interpret the law in a way that “gives rise to serious vagueness concerns,” according to the 5-4 majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito. 
“Courts now have a clear measuring stick for fairness and consistency by federal regulators,” Damien Schiff, a senior attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation who represented the plaintiffs, told SCOTUSblog after the ruling. “Today’s ruling is a profound win…