Limiting the Inevitable Damage
Strict Scrutiny
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Is the EPA Right to Regulate Wetlands?
The Clean Water Act allows the EPA to regulate, quote unquote, navigable waters. Congress later amended the act in 1977 when it adopted a mechanism for states to issue permits for discharges into waterways. Only the federal government can issue those permits; only wetlands are covered by that provision.
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