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The Evolution of the Commerce Clause : An Evaluation of Recent Supreme Court Decisions in the Context of Federal Wetlands Protection

Creator:

Nash, Mary Ann

Abstract:

The decisions in Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (2001) (SWANCC) and Rapanos v. United States, 547 U.S. ___(2006), deviated from the more broad interpretations of congressional intent granted by the court in past assessments of the constitutionality of environmental...

Resource Type:

Honors College Thesis

Full Text:

Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et sequitur) (“Clean Water Act