Michael and Chantell Sackett, of Priest Lake, Idaho, pose in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 14, 2011. In a 5-4 vote in favor of the Idaho couple, justices ruled Thursday that wetlands can only be regulated under the Clean Water Act if they have a “continuous surface connection” to larger, regulated bodies of water.
Michael and Chantell Sackett, of Priest Lake, Idaho, pose in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 14, 2011. In a 5-4 vote in favor of the Idaho couple, justices ruled Thursday that wetlands can only be regulated under the Clean Water Act if they have a “continuous surface connection” to larger, regulated bodies of water.
The outcome could threaten efforts to control flooding on the Mississippi River and protect the Chesapeake Bay, among many projects, wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh, breaking with the other five conservatives. Environmental advocates said the decision would strip protections from tens of millions of acres of wetlands.
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