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The Sacketts were required to get a permit under the Clean Water Act before beginning construction, but did not do so. The Supreme Court started a new term with new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joining oral arguments. The case, the first argued Monday, involves an Idaho couple, Chantell and Mike Sackett, who want to build a home on property that the Environmental Protection Agency determined in 2007 was part of a protected wetland. On her first day on the bench, Jackson appeared to align herself with the court’s two other liberal justices - Kagan and Sotomayor - in backing Justice Department arguments to preserve the federal government’s authority to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act. Jackson’s appointment did not alter the 6-3 conservative majority of the court, but in a first, four women are on the bench at the same time - Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett. Jackson, the first black woman to serve on the high court, was appointed by President Biden in February to replace Stephen Breyer, whose retirement took effect at the end of the last term in June. The Supreme Court kicked off its new term on Monday with a new justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, joining oral arguments and the public welcome in the courtroom for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Supreme Court allows abortion pill to remain available nationwide Kamala Harris says wrong name for FDA in interview about abortion pill Samuel Alito claims he has ‘pretty good idea’ who leaked Dobbs draft, says it made justices ‘targets of assassination’Ĭhief Justice John Roberts declines Dems’ invite to give ‘exceedingly rare’ testimony before Senate on court ethics
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