Rein In EPA’s Authority Over Wetlands, Idaho Couple Urges Supreme Court

Rein In EPA’s Authority Over Wetlands, Idaho Couple Urges Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington on Oct. 3, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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The attorney for an Idaho couple who have been battling federal officials for years over the right to develop their own property asked the Supreme Court on Oct. 3 to rein in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) power to regulate wetlands.

Chantell and Mike Sackett had started building a new home in Priest Lake, Idaho, when the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers suddenly ordered them to stop all work. The two government agencies stated that the couple needed a federal permit and threatened them with more than $30,000 in daily fines.