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SCOTUS Curbs EPA: The Sackett Case

SCOTUS Curbs EPA: The Sackett Case
A view of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2017. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Rob Natelson
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Commentary
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (pdf) follows a pattern common since the court’s Obamacare decisions: The justices trimmed back a government agency’s overreach, but they failed to address the constitutionality of the statute that facilitated the overreach.
Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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