On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overturnedChevron, USA Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, a case that, for nearly four decades, mandated that courts defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of the statutes they oversee. The Court’sLoper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondodec...
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could reverse -- or at least narrow -- the longstandingChevrondoctrine, which grants EPA and other federal agencies discretion to reasonably interpret ambiguous statutory language. The court May 1 granted a petition for awrit of certiorariinLoper ...
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider disposing of a legal tool that helps federal agencies defend environmental rules in court.\nIn a short order, the justices granted Loper Bright Enterprises Inc. v. Raimondo, which challenges a NOAA Fisheries rule that requires Atlantic herring vessels...
The petitioners seek to overturn or greatly limit a 39-year-old Supreme Court case,Chevron vs. Natural Resources Defense Council. That ruling said that if a federal law is silent or ambiguous on a specific question, courts should defer to government agencies’ interpretation of the statute. Adv...
Some time this week—I think—the Supreme Court is going to rule on more than one case that might change radically the structure of American government. The one with all the bells and whistles is the case on absolute presidential immunity. But it’s the others that may have the...
DiscardingChevron.One option for the Court is eliminating theChevrondoctrine altogether. If the Court takes this approach, the law would likely revert to the rule set forth in the 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case ofSkidmore v. Swift & Co., which credits an agency's interpretation ...
the Supreme Court has now overruledChevron,in what is likely to be recognized as one of the most important cases of the 21st century. The case isLoper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al., 603 U.S. ___ (2024) (argued withRelentless, Inc. et al. v...
The Supreme Court overturned a landmark 40-year-old decision that gave federal agencies broad regulatory power.
Supreme Court case Chevron USA Inc. v. National Resource Defense Council. It mentions that the court case is referred as being at odds with the separation of power under the English law. It states the traditional approach of the British courts against ambiguous legislation is that the questions...
The Supreme Court is putting the power of federal agencies on the chopping block. The latest case before the justices could forever change the way the government operates. Craig Green, law professor at Temple University, joins CBS News to explain. ...