The Latest Breaking News from Sackett

As Texas Destroys Its Wetlands, the Risk of Devastating Flooding Increases

Thousands of acres have been decimated to make room for development and urban sprawl, alarming residents and climate experts.

Capital & Main · Aug 24

Utah Needs More Housing. The Army Corps Shut Down 265 New Homes Because of a Small Ditch.

Despite the Supreme Court's best efforts to rein them in, federal regulators continue to abuse their authority under the Clean Water Act.

Reason · Aug 21

EPA moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers

The Environmental Protection Agency says it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to limit the amount of wetlands it covers

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2025

EPA revises waters of the United States definition to conform with SCOTUS ruling

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

Ballotpedia · Sep 21, 2023

Biden administration restores the power of states and tribes to review projects to protect waterways

States and Native American tribes will have greater authority to block energy projects such as natural gas pipelines that could pollute rivers and streams under a final rule issued Thursday by the Biden administration

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

From 'Fetus' to 'Unborn Child': Ohio Adopts Biased Ballot Summary of Abortion Amendment

Plus: First Amendment experts talk about age verification laws, fentanyl fact check, and more…

Reason · Aug 30, 2023

The EPA removes federal protections for most of the country's wetlands

The amended EPA rule is to comply with a Supreme Court ruling this year that narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act and the agency's power to regulate waterways and wetlands.

WEKU · Aug 29, 2023

Congratulations to Randy Barnett and Sam Bray, on Their S. Ct. Cites

Randy Barnett's The Original Meaning of the Commerce Clause was cited on Thursday by Justice Thomas's dissent in Haaland v. Brackeen and on May 25 in Justice Thomas's concurrence in Sackett v. EPA, and Sam Bray's "Necessary and Proper" and "Cruel and Unusual": Hendiadys in the Constitution was cited on…

Reason · Jun 17, 2023

SCOTUS limits agencies’ regulatory, adjudicatory scope

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

Ballotpedia · Jun 15, 2023

Tell Congress to give EPA enough power to protect our nation’s wetlands

A bipartisan majority in Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972 because rivers were on fire, fish were dying, and Lake Erie was labeled “functionally dead.” The Supreme Court should not be allowed to rewrite the Act and ignore 45 years of practices to protect the environment and public…

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 5, 2023