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A Wrecking Ball to Environmental Law

Strict Scrutiny

CHAPTER

The Effect of the Clean Water Act on Adjacent Wetland Protection

Alito: Congress wrote some laws along the way that very clearly show that adjacent wetlands, however you construct that term, are protected by the Clean Water Act. He says they would say it's because the law required it, but as it turns out, and as anybody can read from the rest of the opinions, the law does nothing of the sort. Alito came up with a math equation to get to this reactionary result. Hashtag YOLO.

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