Overrule United States’ Exception To Rio Grande, States Tell Supreme Court

(December 12, 2023, 6:15 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Texas, New Mexico and Colorado tell the U.S. Supreme Court that it should overrule an exception by the United States to their consent decree resolving a dispute over the Rio Grande Compact, saying the agreement resolves ambiguities, doesn’t preclude the United States from litigating any of its valid claims and imposes no new obligations on the federal government....