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Here, Congress said they were regulating the “navigable waters.” If they wanted to regulate wetlands, they should have said so in the text of the law. Congress

Here, Congress said they were regulating the “navigable waters.” If they wanted to regulate wetlands, they should have said so in the text of the law. Congress didn’t say they wanted to regulate wetlands in the text of the law.

MarkMarine 3y ago
They didn’t say navigatable waters, that was in the original wording and it was specifically changed to protect wetlands. That is what they were discussing at the time