Insofar as the meaning of “the waters of the United States” is ambiguous, the Court should apply the canon of constitutional avoidance. The

SCOTUS Hears Clean Water Act Case in which CFJ Filed Amicus Brief

The Committee for Justice—along with the Atlantic Legal Foundation and Conservatives for Property Rights—have filed a Supreme Court amicus brief in support of Michael and Chantell Sackett, who have been prevented by the Environmental Protection Agency from building a home on a small residential lot in Idaho for the last 15 years. The EPA insists that the Sacketts first obtain a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit, because there’s an alleged “wetland” on their property that has a hyp