Supreme Court rewrites Clean Water Act to allow developers to destroy wetlands

The Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nation’s wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean.

Ruben Navarrette: The Clean Water Act protects wetlands that are “adjacent” to larger bodies of water.

He says the majority crossed through the word "adjacent" and replaced it with a new test that gives landowners latitude to fill in, build upon, or otherwise obliterate some of the most valuable ecosystems on earth.

Alito relied almost entirely on policy arguments, peppering them with legalese to create the impression of an actual legal opinion.

Alito’s response to Kavanaugh and Kagan consists of one short paragraph that boils down to four words: Their opinions “cannot be taken seriously” Sadly, this is how our Supreme Court now works.