‘Thumb on the scale’: Kagan rebukes SCOTUS environment rulings

The liberal justice criticized her conservative colleagues for refusing to let federal air and water laws "work as Congress instructed."

By Pamela King | 05/26/2023 01:54 PM EDT

Justice Elena Kagan stands during a group photo of the justices at the Supreme Court in Washington on April 23, 2021.Erin Schaff/Getty Images

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The U.S. Supreme Court, as photographed Sept. 2, 2021.

The U.S. Supreme Court.Francis Chung/E&E News

Supreme Court erases protections for most wetlands

By E.A. Crunden, Pamela King, Ariel Wittenberg | 05/25/2023 01:31 PM EDT

Pacific Legal Foundation senior attorney Damien Schiff speaks with reporters after arguing on behalf of Michael and Chantell Sackett in Sackett v. EPA at the Supreme Court on Oct. 3, 2022.Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO