SCOTUS overrule 'Chevron Deference'

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Decision

Supreme Court Overturns 40-Year Precedent You Didn't Know Existed: 'You Could See Things Descend into Chaos'​

The "Chevron deference" has long been the backbone of how corporations are regulated. The new ruling strips federal agencies of their power to determine what's best for Americans

On Friday, June 28, the court ruled 6-3 in favor of overturning the "Chevron deference," a backbone principle for how the federal government keeps corporations in check. Chevron is the practice by which federal courts defer to federal agencies when sorting out ambiguities in a law.

"Using environmental law as an example, most statues use words like 'pollutant' or 'human health' or 'environmental health' or even words as seemingly straightforward as ‘water,' " he says.

But the way those words are defined might differ between a large corporation that doesn't want their factory runoff to be regulated, and the agency meant to enforce human health.

In those cases, when a company or person takes a federal agency to court, the court sides with the agency itself.

[Now, individual judges in individual courts will decide these issues. Neither the plaintiffs nor the government know for sure what the law means.]

"Removing the Chevron deference creates a situation where you could see things descend into chaos," he says. "It’s kind of unimaginable what the regulatory space looks like in a world where administrators and regulators can't be confident that their reasonable interpretations of their mandates are respected by courts."

 

[Pommer]

Decision

Supreme Court Overturns 40-Year Precedent You Didn't Know Existed: 'You Could See Things Descend into Chaos'​

The "Chevron deference" has long been the backbone of how corporations are regulated. The new ruling strips federal agencies of their power to determine what's best for Americans

On Friday, June 28, the court ruled 6-3 in favor of overturning the "Chevron deference," a backbone principle for how the federal government keeps corporations in check. Chevron is the practice by which federal courts defer to federal agencies when sorting out ambiguities in a law.

"Using environmental law as an example, most statues use words like 'pollutant' or 'human health' or 'environmental health' or even words as seemingly straightforward as ‘water,' " he says.

But the way those words are defined might differ between a large corporation that doesn't want their factory runoff to be regulated, and the agency meant to enforce human health.

In those cases, when a company or person takes a federal agency to court, the court sides with the agency itself.

[Now, individual judges in individual courts will decide these issues. Neither the plaintiffs nor the government know for sure what the law means.]

"Removing the Chevron deference creates a situation where you could see things descend into chaos," he says. "It’s kind of unimaginable what the regulatory space looks like in a world where administrators and regulators can't be confident that their reasonable interpretations of their mandates are respected by courts."

We’re going to need a bigger boat judiciary!

 

[Arcangl86]

Can't say I'm surprised. THis both weakens the administrative state and strengthens the judiciary, both things that the current majority are hot about.

 

[Richard T]

The bureaucracy and their rule-making regulations have been out of control. IF you think otherwise look at cases like Sackett v. EPA is perfect example of bureaucracy out of control
They exceed the law's intent and base the decision on their own preference. Overturning the Chevron decision is a good thing.

 

[Pommer]

The bureaucracy and their rule-making regulations have been out of control. IF you think otherwise look at cases like Sackett v. EPA is perfect example of bureaucracy out of control
They exceed the law's intent and base the decision on their own preference. Overturning the Chevron decision is a good thing.

The rules are all still in place, the only difference is that controversies will be adjudicated in court rather than by the agencies involved.
That this would require many more administrative judges seems to have been glossed over, but it’ll be sorted out in the coming years.