Jurisdictional battles over what constitutes “waters of the United States” have been going on for over 100 years.
Jurisdictional battles over what constitutes “waters of the United States” have been going on for over 100 years.
It’s only been in the last 30 years or so that the federal government has tried to take over private property on such a broad scale, with flimsy claims that there’s some kind of “water” connection to dry land. The water from my bathtub runs into the Colorado River, eventually. Does that give Obama control over my property? It sounds crazy, but we’re headed closer to, not farther from, total federal control.