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

NPR | By Nina Totenberg
Published May 25, 2023 at 1:36 PM PDT

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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Nina Totenberg
Nina Totenberg is NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent.