KUWR-FM: Elizabeth Wynne Johnson

3:24pm

Mon January 9, 2012
Environment

Scalia calls EPA 'high-handed' in Northwest property rights case

Originally published on Mon January 9, 2012 2:47 pm

WASHINGTON, DC - United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia criticises the E-P-A for what he calls "high-handedness." His comments came during oral arguments Monday in the case of Sackett versus the Environmental Protection Agency.

The case involves a north Idaho couple, barred from building a home because the EPA has classified their property as a protected wetland. The landowners contend they've been denied due process.

For Chantell and Mike Sackett, this day was the culmination of four years in limbo.

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