https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/03/21/supreme-court-unanimously-smacks-down-epa-power-grab/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 03:23:25 -0400<![CDATA[In a major ruling today, the US Supreme Court has handed the Environmental Protection Agency a serious and necessary defeat. The case concerns landowners who wanted to build their dream home on a plot of land they had bought for the purpose. The EPA swooped in and told the landowners, Chantell and Michael Sackett, that it would not allow them to build, claiming that the land was a &#8220;wetland.&#8221; It wasn&#8217;t. The couple tried taking the EPA to court, but the EPA ruled that they had no right to go to court, and had instead to deal only with the EPA &#8212; which had already ruled against them and was set to impose huge fines that threatened to bankrupt them. SCOTUS gave the EPA the back of its hand.]]>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:22:42 -0400<![CDATA[Bryan Preston]]>https://pjmedia.com/bryan-preston-1/2012/03/21/supreme-court-unanimously-smacks-down-epa-power-grab-n162889