Climate Politics
Supreme Court Weighs Curbing Clean Water Act in Jackson’s First Case
- Clash pits property-rights advocates against environmentalists
- Court’s new term opens with its newest justice in active role
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The US Supreme Court signaled interest in limiting the reach of the Clean Water Act as the justices opened the Ketanji Brown Jackson era with a case that could mean fewer federal restrictions governing development and pollution.
Jackson was an active questioner as the justices grappled with a clash that pits property-rights advocates and business groups against environmentalists and the Biden administration.