October 14, 2019 Joe Robertson’s case inspires President Trump to end era of bureaucratic abuses Joe Robertson’s case is one of many cited by President Trump as examples of the abuse of Americans by overzealous federal bureaucrats in various…
April 23, 2019 Supreme Court vacates 9th Circuit ruling against EPA victim, Joe Robertson EPA said Joe needed permission from the Army Corps of Engineers to dig the ponds. The federal government criminally prosecuted him, and at age…
April 1, 2019 After being imprisoned by the feds for digging ponds, Joe Robertson has died The Navy veteran argued that he didn’t violate the Clean Water Act because digging the ponds did not discharge any soil to navigable…
February 18, 2018 Vietnam vet Joe Robertson hangs in legal limbo while ‘clean water’ appeal drags on Now the 9th Circuit has ordered that Joe Robertson’s pending motion for rehearing should be postponed until the Supreme Court releases its decision in Hughes. (Joe has already…
September 7, 2017 Joe Robertson, elderly Vietnam vet convicted for ‘EPA crimes’ released from prison Robertson was released into his own custody to enter into a halfway house in Butte, Montana, with plans to later be admitted to the…
May 28, 2017 78 year old Navy veteran, Joe Robertson, imprisoned for ‘EPA crimes’ The EPA alleged Robertson allowed dirt from the ponds to enter a tributary of nearby Cataract Creek. The federal agency subsequently charged and convicted…
May 25, 2017 Duarte, Robertson, the Hammonds: Trump must stop federal prosecution of property owners “The Corps and EPA are not trying to micromanage farmers, they are trying to stop farmers from farming their fields. They’re trying to turn…
