the house is on three sides and county road is on suicides. we started laying gravel for the foundation, we were nearly done with this when we were blindsided by the u.s. environmental protection agency. three officials showed up out of the blue and ordered us to stop work. >> reporter: the epa says this should have been handled administratively, it never should have gone to court. here is part of what they argued in their brief to the supreme court. they say, quote to treat a compliance order as triggering a constitutional right to immediate judicial review where no immediate access to the court system previously existed would deter broad range of agency kpheupbgss. the agency is hoping that the court will throw it out all together. most of the justice is seem sympathetic to the couple's argument. their land has been sitting there dormant for more than four years while they've waged this battle. megyn: thank you. when life or death decisions hung in the balance, commander jim lovell came up with calculations that helped save the crew of apollo 13. when he originally went to sell his own notes nasa said no way.