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Cara Horowitz discusses new ruling on federal power over wetlands protection

Publication: ABC News

 

UCLA Expert: Cara Horowitz: Co-Executive Director, UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment; Co-Director, UCLA Environmental Law Clinic; Professor, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs; Member, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

 

Synopsis: The Supreme Court’s new ruling curtails the federal government’s power to protect some wetlands. 

 

UCLA News: Horowitz said the “ruling will likely create ‘red state’ and ‘blue state’ approaches to water protection.” She further said that this ruling that just happened seems different — more lasting — because generally in all cases, the Supreme Court lets federal agencies decide how they want to interpret law. “This court is quite explicitly aggregating to itself the power to say what the law is and taking discretion away from agencies.”

 

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