[HIGHLIGHTS] U.S. Supreme Court Limits Environmental Agency's Power to Protect Wetlands

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the EPA was not the one to decide whether or not the Sacketts could build on their property.

The ruling rules that this rule, open to interpretation, only protects wetlands that have a "continuous connection on the surface" The case became entangled in the courts, first reached the Supreme Court on questions of jurisdiction in 2012, then stalled. More than 15 years later, the couple has gotten away with it. It comes a year after the court limited the EPA's scope to combat pollution under the Clean Air Act.