Posted on 05/25/2023 6:52:14 PM PDT by Libloather
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., slammed the Supreme Court's ruling Thursday that limited the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate bodies of water, calling it a "MAGA" court even though the decision was 9-0.
On Thursday, the high court issued an opinion that narrowed the EPA's broad definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). The court said the federal government must define WOTUS as a water source with a "continuous surface connection" to major bodies of water.
The decision upended an attempt by the Biden administration to regulate wetlands, lakes, ponds, streams and other "relatively permanent" waterways, which had relied on a broad reading of the EPA's authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
"This MAGA Supreme Court is continuing to erode our country's environmental laws," Schumer tweeted after the opinion was released. "Make no mistake – this ruling will mean more polluted water, and more destruction of wetlands."
The ruling came down 9-0 in favor of plaintiffs Michael and Chantell Sackett, two Idaho residents whom the EPA prohibited from building a home near a wetland years ago.
"The EPA ordered the Sacketts to restore the site, threatening penalties of over $40,000 per day," Alito's majority opinion stated. "The EPA classified the wetlands on the Sacketts’ lot as 'waters of the United States' because they were near a ditch that fed into a creek, which fed into Priest Lake, a navigable, intrastate lake. The Sacketts sued, alleging that their property was not 'waters of the United States.'"
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He should have a bad day everyday.
They ALl voted against
LOL 😂😆
LOL
He couldn’t even get Ketanji Brown Jackson!
Who knew she was MAGA?!!?
Even the “Wise Latina”, too.
Sierra Tango Foxtrot Uniform Chunky. Why don’t you retire from ripping off the taxpayers and get a real job.
Schumer is just another reason for term limits for congress.
Seems I am waiting for so many tyrants in my country to stroke out or have the big one and meet Elizabeth...
She may be the only MAGA woman in America who has no clue what she is.
Time for Chuck U Schumer to stand in front of the court building again and warn “conservative” judges that they’ll reap the whirlwind.
Wait so schmucky thinks that the libs on the Supreme Court are now maga lol wow what a freakin lunatic
Maybe someone finally explained to her what a chick is
bkmk
It was this broader 5-4 ruling that frosts Schumer's and the Left's cockles.
5-4 because Kavanaugh voted with the liberals on the court against the narrower waterways interpretation.
Up yours Chuckie!
The Dems are getting their marching orders from Klaus Schwab.
They’re always gloom and doom.
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