US EditionSupreme Court denies New Mexico-Texas motion to resolve Rio Grande dispute without federal input
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, along with Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Roberts, stated that Texas and New Mexico cannot leave the US without consequences.
- The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the water-sharing agreement between Texas and New Mexico is halted due to federal concerns about New Mexico's water use on the Rio Grande.
- Justice Neil Gorsuch dissented, expressing New Mexico's fear that the US water distribution theory could harm its economy.
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New Mexico officials disappointed after U.S. Supreme Court denies plan for Rio Grande water
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – For decades, Texas and New Mexico have been fighting over legal access to water in the Rio Grande. Recently, the two states reached an agreement on how to share water, but the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the settlement. The case goes back to 1938, when Colorado, Texas, and New Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande Compact, which requires New Mexico to allow a certain volume of water to reach Elephant Butte and further south to …
US Supreme Court Rejects Texas and New Mexico Deal on Rio Grande Water
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday denied a motion from Texas and New Mexico to enter a settlement over water rights to the Rio Grande river. The U.S. high court, in a 5–4 decision, ruled that a lower court judge erred in his recommendations on how Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado should share water from the 1,900-mile-long river. The high court found that the federal government still had claims about New Mexico’s water use that the settlement woul…
Supreme Court denies New Mexico-Texas motion to resolve Rio Grande dispute without federal input
New Mexico and Texas cannot move forward with a deal aimed at resolving a decadelong dispute over Rio Grande management, due to their failure to include the federal government in the process. The Supreme Court denied a motion Friday made by the two states, along with neighboring Colorado, to enter a consent decree on the subject and…
Supreme Court rejects settlement in water dispute between New Mexico and Texas
The Supreme Court has rejected a settlement between Western states over the management of one of North America’s longest rivers. The 5-4 decision rebuffs an agreement that had come recommended by a federal judge overseeing the case over how New Mexico, Texas and Colorado must share water from the Rio Grande. The high court found on Friday that the federal government still had claims about New Mexico’s water use that the agreement would not resol…
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