The courts just rolled back a Trump administration rules governing American wetlands. The Biden administration is now looking at creating new rules in the wake of this decision. The Trump administration rules unmade Obama administration rules colloquially known as Waters Of The US or WOTUS. WOTUS took every damp patch of earth with a tenuous connection to an interstate waterway and forced property owners to abide by EPA regulations. The relevant law was passed in 1986. None of the "rules" discussed above were ever passed by Congress and signed into law by a President. Maybe we should return to Congress passing laws and the administration enforcing them? Just a thought.
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