Taking a breather from indictments, I grow increasingly alarmed at what’s happening with a court case, US vs Abbott.
The federal government sued Abbott and Texas because his putting those barbaric buoys in the Rio Grande violated the Rivers and Harbors Act.
Slam dunk, you’d think.
But the amicus briefs filed and the response from Texas has been to challenge the very concept of the term ‘navigable’, and reflects Thomas opinion in the Sacketts vs EPA WOTUS case decided by SCOTUS not too long ago.
They are literally using this case to launch an attack on the very concept of federal oversight of rivers and bodies of water, such as the Rio Grande that extend beyond state lines. An attack that, if it goes to SCOTUS, will gut whatever clean water protections we have left in this country.
This is all flying under the radar. I sure wish there were some friendlier faces paying attention to this.
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@bosslady ugh. As a former kayaker who pushed the limits of "navigable" to challenge notice of what "trespassing" means, all rivers are navigable.
Yes, and unfortunately Justice Thomas is targeting the concept of navigable in his attempt to undermine any US government control over any river