Constitutional Constraints on Congress' Ability to Protect the Environment

Meltz, Robert

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Environmental protection;    Constitutional law;    Congressional powers;    Constitution;    Congress;   

RP-ID  :  RL30670
RP-ID  :  RL30670 2000-09-08

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Federal protection of the environment must hew to the same constitutional strictures as any other federal actions. In the past decade, however, the Supreme Court has invigorated several of these strictures in ways that present new challenges to congressional drafters of environmental statutes. This report reviews six of these newly emergent constitutional areas, with special attention to their significance for current and future environmental legislation.