The Surfrider Foundation won an important victory on June 17th when the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled (with Justice Stevens abstaining)
in Florida Department of Environmental Protection v. Stop the
Beach Renourishment to reject the challenge by private homeowners, uphold the constitutionality of Florida's beach management program, and hold that the beach belongs to the public after beach renourishment has occu
Beach Renourishment to reject the challenge by private homeowners, uphold the constitutionality of Florida's beach management program, and hold that the beach belongs to the public after beach renourishment
Renourishment to reject the challenge by private homeowners, uphold the constitutionality of Florida's
beach management program, and hold that the beach belongs to the public after beach renourishment has occu
beach management program, and hold that the
beach belongs to the public after beach renourishment has occu
beach belongs to the public after
beach renourishment has occu
beach renourishment renourishment has occurred.
The Court has accepted quite a number of cases that may force it to address big questions, including the Appointments Clause (Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB), regulatory takings (Stop the
Beach Renourishment v. Florida DEP), and the Commerce Clause (Comstock), and that's not even counting the reargument
in Citizens United or the prospect of another gun rights case.