9th Circuit Court Surprise

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The thing you have to recognize is that just because a court is identified as liberal doesn't mean all or even most of its rulings are bent in that direction. In this case, there is clear Supreme Court precedent on the matter: wetlands and other bodies of water that do not affect or feed to navigable (i.e. interstate) waters are not subject to federal wetlands laws. The judiciary is frankly not very partisan and usually judges only fall on their personal or political beliefs for very close cases.