The Supreme Court rejected Texas’s bid to ax federal approval of a nuclear waste storage facility, arguing that the state did not have the right to bring its challenge in the first place.

In a 6-3 decision, the court in effect upheld the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision to issue a license to a company that wanted to store nuclear waste off site from a power plant.

The opinion, authored by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, said that Texas, as well as private company Fasken Land and Minerals did not have the right to sue over the license.

“Under the Hobbs Act, only an........

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