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The Supreme Court overturned Chevron in June. Now, instead of deferring to administrative agencies’ interpretation, courts must exercise their own “independent judgment” as to statutory construction. This change will have far-reaching consequences for agricultural and environmental regulations.
Read MoreOne area of law refuses to stay consistent from year to year—Waters of the United States (WOTUS). The EPA and Army Corps recently amended a rule (mostly) in alignment with the Supreme Court’s Sackett decision.
Read MoreThe Court narrowed the reach of the Clean Water Act in Sackett v. EPA by limiting what wetlands are considered Waters of the United States (WOTUS).
Read MoreOn May 11, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to California’s Prop 12 law, dealing a blow to livestock agriculture.
Read MoreThe U.S. Supreme Court recently held argument on California’s Prop 12, which bans the sale of pork from hogs that don’t meet the state’s production standards. In this agriculture case, why were the Justices so focused on a state’s ability to legislate morality across state lines?
Read MoreIn an environmental ruling that will also impact agricultural government agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Clean Air Act did not give the EPA broad authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
Read MoreOn March 28, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to decide whether pork producers can sue over California’s Proposition 12, which regulates pork farmers’ practices nationwide.
Read MoreA series of recent New York Times articles have sounded the alarm about PFAS chemicals in biosolids being land applied as fertilizer to agricultural ground. Is the concern legit?
Todd Janzen and Brianna Schroeder will present “Dammed by Data: Government-Induced Flooding as a Taking” at the AALA Annual Educational Symposium.
Todd Janzen and Brianna Schroeder will both be presenters at the Indiana International & Comparative Law Review Live Symposium.
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The USDA is going to collect massive amounts of ag data as part of the Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities. How is all the data collected and how will it be used?