Constitutional Law
Mar. 30, 2016
Federal authority over navigable waters
A recent Supreme Court ruling prompted a knee-jerk proclamation of victory by some hoping to ultimately curtail the federal government's ability to control what happens on rivers, streams and other waters on public land, including national parks. By Miyoko Sakashita
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Sturgeon v. Frost, 2016 DJDAR 2754 (March 22, 2016), prompted a knee-jerk proclamation of victory by some hoping to ultimately curtail the federal government's ability to control what happens on rivers, streams and other waters on public land, including national parks.
But while the Supreme Court vacated the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling that the National Park...
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