Supreme Court Limits Federal Power Over Wetlands In Favor Of Property Rights

SCOTUS ruling to strike down Biden’s #WOTUS rule is a major check on @EPA’s regulatory overreach, and a victory for Mississippi farmers, businesses, and private property rights.https://t.co/itc7F3oA0Y

— U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (@SenHydeSmith) May 25, 2023

Just The News: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 5-4 in favor of an Idaho couple who wanted to build a house near a lake in a decision that makes it more difficult for the Environmental Protection Agency to police water quality.

Latest SCOTUS, 9-0:

'Honey, we shrunk the EPA.'

Landmark decision on EPA losing all authority to regulate mud puddles as 'wetlands': https://t.co/DnivLfvZ8Mhttps://t.co/hZXH4ReOQY

— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) May 25, 2023

Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion that stated that the Clean Water Act only regulates wetlands that have a “continuous surface connection” to larger bodies of water that are regulated. The couple, Chantell and Michael Sackett, do not have such a connection on their property.