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To: TimF who wrote (21593)	6/20/2006 4:19:50 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543849

The way I read Scalia's opinion in Rapanos, they didn't get into issues of federal jurisdiction over non-navigable waterways at all, just ordinary rules of statutory construction. The first authority cited is Webster's New International Dictionary. That's why I say Congress could easily reverse this by clarifying the meaning of the words in the statutes -- no Constitutional implications are touched by this opinion. Thus if you want the SCOTUS to start narrowing the reach of federal power this will be a disappointment.