BigAngBlack, 7 months ago How the US supreme court and an #Idaho couple upended wetlands protection | US news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/29/us-supreme-court-idaho-wetlands-protection-climate-crisis > Experts fear half of the 290m #wetland acres have lost federal protection and could be at risk from developers #SCOTUS #ClimateChange #environmentaljustice #preservation
How the US supreme court and an #Idaho couple upended wetlands protection | US news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/29/us-supreme-court-idaho-wetlands-protection-climate-crisis
> Experts fear half of the 290m #wetland acres have lost federal protection and could be at risk from developers
#SCOTUS #ClimateChange #environmentaljustice #preservation
volkris, 7 months ago @BigAngBlack what this misses is that the Supreme Court merely recognized the laws written by Congress. The court didn’t scale anything down. Congress had the authority and the court just pointed that out. If Congress wants to expand administrative authority it can, it can do it today. That our representatives never did that sets the boundaries. It’s not the court narrowing protections. It’s Congress declining to give the president very extensive control over so much of US territory.
@BigAngBlack what this misses is that the Supreme Court merely recognized the laws written by Congress.
The court didn’t scale anything down. Congress had the authority and the court just pointed that out.
If Congress wants to expand administrative authority it can, it can do it today. That our representatives never did that sets the boundaries.
It’s not the court narrowing protections. It’s Congress declining to give the president very extensive control over so much of US territory.
violetmadder, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) @BigAngBlack Fast forward a few decades and the same people will be all like where the hell is the water we need for our golf courses better build more dams!
@BigAngBlack
Fast forward a few decades and the same people will be all like where the hell is the water we need for our golf courses better build more dams!
BigAngBlack, 7 months ago @violetmadder They'll import it from somewhere in Asia and pay too much while exploiting the country they stole it from
@violetmadder They'll import it from somewhere in Asia and pay too much while exploiting the country they stole it from
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