Abameli bezendalo bathi esi sigqibo senza "ingozi ekhoyo" kumashumi ezigidi zeehektare zemigxobhozo.
INkundla ePhakamileyo ikhuphe isigwebo ngoLwesine esinciphisa kakhulu amandla e-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo (EPA) ukulawula ukungcoliseka kwamanzi kumkhosi wamva nje wokulwa nomthetho wokusingqongileyo.
Kwisigqibo se-5-4, kunye nabagwebi abathathu benkululeko kunye noBrett Kavanaugh bengavumelani, iNkundla yagweba ukuba ulawulo lwe-EPA ngokukhusela "amanzi ase-United States" - ephantsi kolawulo phantsi koMthetho waManzi acocekileyo - iye yabanzi kakhulu.
Abathetheleli bendalo, iingcali zomthetho kunye ne-EPA ibambe ukuba i-arhente inokukhusela zombini "amanzi anokuhamba" njengamachibi kunye nemilambo, kunye nemizimba yamanzi efana imigxobhozo, iibhogi, kunye neminye imigxobhozo phantsi koMthetho waManzi acocekileyo. Kodwa ebhalela uninzi, uJustice Samuel Alito wabhala ukuba โamanzi aseUnited States,โ okanye iWOTUS, aphelele kwimigxobhozo โenonxibelelwano oluqhubekayo phezu komhlabaโ kumanzi amaninzi.
Esi sisigqibo esigqithisileyo esiya kukhuphela ngaphandle amashumi ezigidi zeehektare zemigxobhozo ekukhuseleni i-EPA kungcoliseko, echaphazela malunga nesiqingatha kwimigxobhozo yelizwe. Usekela mongameli ophezulu we-Earthjustice uSam Sankar uthe izakwenza "isoyikiso esikhoyo esivela kubangcolisi kunye nabaphuhlisiโ kwimigxobhozo ekudala ikhuselwe kungcoliso.
Nditsho kude ekunene uKavanaugh uvume ukugqithisa kwenkcazo entsha imbono eyahlukileyo, edityaniswe nguJustice Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, kunye noKetanji Brown Jackson. Esona sigqibo sininzi โsiphuma kwisicatshulwa esisemthethweni, kwiminyaka engama-45 yokusebenza ngokungaguquguqukiyo kwearhente, nakwimizekelo yale Nkundla,โ wabhala uKavanaugh.
"Ngokucutha ukhuseleko lwemigxobhozo ukuya kwimigxobhozo edibeneyo kuphela, uvavanyo olutsha lwenkundla luya kushiya imigxobhozo ehlala ixesha elide esecaleni engasayi kugutyungelwa nguMthetho waManzi acocekileyo, kunye neziphumo ezibalulekileyo kumgangatho wamanzi kunye nolawulo lwezikhukhula kulo lonke elase-United States," waqhubeka.
Ebhalela aba bathathu benkululeko eNkundleni, uKagan wabhala ukuba esi sigqibo ngomnye umboniso wabagwebi abanelungelo lokuzimisela ukuba ngabona bathatha izigqibo ngendalo. Wathelekisa isigqibo sangoLwesine ne kunyaka ophelileyo efanayo extremist isigqibo 6-3 in West Virginia v. EPA, ethintele isakhono se-EPA sokulawula ukukhutshwa kwegesi yegreenhouse evela kumaziko ombane.
UKagan wabhala wathi: โUmkhwa kuzo zombini ezi meko uyafana: iNkundla yonyula ngokwayo njengomenzi wesigqibo kumgaqo-nkqubo wendalo esingqongileyo.
Nangona iNkundla yayahluke kakhulu kwindlela eqiqa ngayo, bonke abagwebi bavumelana nje ngegama lokuba iinkundla ezingaphantsi ziye zagweba ngendlela engafanelekanga nokuba abaninimzi ababeze eli tyala babengafanele bathobele umthetho we-EPA.
Ityala laziswa sisibini sase-Idaho, UMichael kunye noChantell Sackett, abaye bamiswa yi-EPA xa bezama ukwakha indlu kwindawo emanzi kwilizwe. Nangona isibini sasinokuba nayo ufumene imvume oko kunokwenzeka zilungisiwe ukuba kwakhiwe, endaweni yoko bamangalela urhulumente. Kokwesibini eli tyala lisiwa kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo.
IiSacketts zachongwa njengabamangali kwimeko yePacific Legal Foundation, imali emnyama kunye noKoch bebotshiwe yintsapho iqela eline a imbali ende yokuqalisa amanyathelo asemthethweni ngokuchasene nemigaqo-nkqubo eqhubekayo, kuquka nesimangalo esingaphumelelanga ngokuchasene nenkqubo kaMongameli uJoe Biden yokunceda amatyala abafundi.
Iingcali zomthetho kunye nendalo zithe isigqibo sesininzi asihambisani nesayensi kwaye sixhasa umthetho ngokuxhasa ukuphumelela kubaphuhlisi abakhulu kunye namatsha ntliziyo alondolozayo. abo kudala befuna ukwenza buthathaka uMthetho waManzi acocekileyo kunye neWOTUS.
"Ukuba ufuna ukuziva ugxeka ngokwenene ngeNkundla ePhakamileyo - ukuba ufuna ukubona ukuba uninzi lunenani elingenasiphelo lezixhobo ezinabo ukudlula amagama abhalwe yiCongress kwaye endaweni yoko ugxininise i-ajenda yokugcinwa komthetho - funda uluvo luka-Alito [Sackett v. EPA]. Ukunyaniseka, kufana nokuba akazami nokuzama,โ wabhala uMark Joseph Stern ukuba Slate.
"U-Alito wayethembele ngokupheleleyo kwiingxoxo zomgaqo-nkqubo, ezifakela i-legalese ukudala umbono weyona mbono yomthetho. Ayisebenzi, kodwa ngubani okhathalayo?,โ uqhube watsho uStern. โInkundla izithambisile njengomlamli wokugqibela wayo yonke imbambano ekhoyo emhlabeni, kwaye ukuba icinga ukuba uMthetho waManzi aCocekileyo uya kude, ngoko ke, ngumsebenzi ongcwele wenkundla ukuwubhala kwakhona.โ
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