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      "id": 102404,
      "date": "2001-01-12",
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      "title": "The Supreme Court Rules Against Corps of Engineers Jurisdiction over \"Isolated Wetlands\": The SWANCC Decision",
      "summary": "On January 9, 2001, the Supreme Court handed down the latest in its series of recent decisions\nrelating to the balance between federal and state power in our dual system of government. In\n Solid\nWaste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , the\nCourt\nruled that the long controversial \"migratory bird rule,\" used by the Corps of Engineers to interpret\nits authority over \"isolated wetlands,\" exceeded the agency's authority under the Clean Water Act\n(CWA).",
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