July 4, 2024 - On June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court overruled its landmark 1984 decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, 467 U.S. 837 (creating what is known as the “Chevron Doctrine”), which called for judicial deference to agencies in situations where the law is unclear.

June 30, 2024 - The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a 40-year-old precedent that directed courts to defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous laws. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a 6-3 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts overruled the 1984 case of Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources ...

November 8, 2023 - NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Andrew Mergen of Harvard Law School about the "Chevron Doctrine," an important legal precedent that will be taken up by the Supreme Court this term. ... The Supreme Court is back in session. And one of the cases coming up this term has to do with - now get this ...

3 weeks ago - Virtually all federal agencies that engage in rulemaking may be impacted by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Chevron doctrine. This is particularly relevant in tax, where taxpayers are challenging a number of recent regulations in the courts, including regulations under sections ...

June 25, 2021 - Learn about the text, history, and meaning of the U.S. Constitution from leading scholars of diverse legal and philosophical perspectives.

August 8, 2024 - However, on June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, effectively overturning the Chevron doctrine.

October 13, 2023 - Degrees is for you. Foundational Precedent Protects Millions from a Wide Variety of Harms ... (Washington, D.C. – October 13, 2023) The U.S. Supreme Court today announced that it will hear two cases this term challenging a long-established legal framework that serves a critical role in protecting people from health and environmental dangers. In both cases, petitioners are asking the High Court to reconsider the Chevron doctrine...

May 6, 2023 - A legal doctrine long despised by conservatives for giving federal regulators wide-ranging power is making yet another march to the gallows at the Supreme Court. The high court announced Monday that it is taking up a case squarely aimed at killing off the nearly-four-decade-old precedent that has come to be known as Chevron ...

May 17, 2022 - Power has inevitably shifted to ... “reasonable.” But the Chevron doctrine faces backlash from constitutional scholars and, now, from Supreme Court justices who insist that courts, not administrative agencies, have the authority to say what the law is....

July 8, 2024 - Under the Chevron doctrine, established in Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), if a statute is silent or ambiguous with respect to a specific issue, a reviewing court must defer to the administrative agency’s interpretation of the statute so ...

December 21, 2021 - Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) this ... things, would codify a legal doctrine known as “Chevron deference” that requires judges to defer to federal regulators’ interpretation of the laws they are charged with carrying out. Chevron deference is a misguided doctrine that several ...

November 28, 2021 - The ABA is the largest voluntary association of lawyers in the world. As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, ...

August 17, 2023 - The U.S. Supreme Court accepted review of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo,1 which may determine the fate of the deference doctrine established in Chevron2 in 1984. The issue in Loper is whether the Court should overrule Chevron, or limit or clarify the applicability of requiring deference ...

October 23, 2017 - The Chevron doctrine is a rule about court review of agency actions that many scholars consider central to modern administrative law. That doctrine calls for judges to accept reasonable interpretations of a statute by an administrative agency, even if the judges might have favored different ...

May 21, 2012 - In both Capato and Martinez Gutierrez, the Court relied on the doctrine known as Chevron deference in reaching its decision. ... Chevron deference is a principle of administrative law requiring courts to defer to interpretations of statutes made by those government agencies charged with enforcing ...

July 24, 2024 - The SCCA codifies the Chevron doctrine and strengthens the rulemaking process to block corporations from hijacking our government. Chevron acknowledged that courts should give deference to agency experts to write rules and regulations to implement laws passed by Congress. The Supreme Court’s overturning of Chevron undermines our government’s ability to promote worker safety, ensure clean air and water, and protect consumers. The federal rulemaking process is ...

June 29, 2024 - The decision overturned Chevron v. The Natural Resources Defense Council, a 1984 decision that was not particularly controversial when it was announced 40 years ago.

July 1, 2024 - Writing the opinion, Chief Justice ... “is overruled”. He lambasted the legal theory laid out in the ruling, claiming it “gravely erred” and calling it “misguided” and “unworkable” despite the fact that it has steered the functions of the federal government for four decades. Roberts not only eradicated the Chevron doctrine, he turned ...

June 24, 2024 - The past few years have brought ... – and this year is expected to be no different. While questions of presidential immunity rightly garner public attention, the more far-reaching ruling for the executive branch will be on the Chevron Doctrine – a 1984 Supreme Court ...

July 3, 2024 - The Court’s decision ending Chevron deference is likely to affect the enactment of new environmental laws as well. Congress likely will seek to be more explicit in the future when and in how it grants agencies authority to promulgate regulations under new laws—something that also is necessary to address the major questions doctrine ...