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Supreme Court to Consider Reinterpreting Clean Water Act

Epoch Times: WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court’s decision Feb. 19 to hear a water pollution case from Hawaii could signal that the court is considering reversing new powers to regulate pollution granted in a recent decision, and reining in some of the regulatory stances of the Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency.

Maui County has appealing a novel Feb. 1, 2018, interpretation of the Clean Water Act by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that gave the EPA sweeping new powers to regulate pollution that travels through groundwater.  more

9 Comments on Supreme Court to Consider Reinterpreting Clean Water Act

  1. Back to the thread:

    Why is an “Act” in need of “interpretation?”
    Can’t the humps in the House and Senate write with clarity and precision?

    Presidents should return confusing “Acts” and tell the Legislators to clean them up or vote a 2/3 majority.
    But, of course, they’re written vaguely so that the Courts must get involved – which is absolute bullshit.

    izlamo delenda est …

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