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The Supreme Court's Virginia uranium ruling hints at the limits of federal power

  • Written by Cale Jaffe, Assistant Professor of Law and Director, Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic, University of Virginia
The Supreme Court's Virginia uranium ruling hints at the limits of federal powerMany Virginians back the decades-old moratorium.AP Photo/Steve Helber

Virginia has the authority to ban uranium mining under state law, even as the federal government regulates the processing of nuclear fuel under the Atomic Energy Act, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Neil Gorsuch, joined by the court’s longest-serving and newest conservatives...

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