Supreme Court ruling narrows scope of Clean Water Act's wetlands jurisdiction

By Nina Totenberg

Published May 25, 2023 at 4:36 PM EDT

The U.S. Supreme Court placed new restrictions on the scope of the jurisdiction the Clean Water Act has over wetlands, ruling in favor of Idaho landowners who had challenged the law.

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