Supreme Court undercuts regulators’ authority across government
Federal agencies’ longtime authority to regulate industries was significantly weakened by a Supreme Court decision on Friday.
The 6-3 decision, though it stems from cases on fishing regulations, will ripple across government agencies that have broadly interpreted the powers handed to them by Congress since a 1984 decision known as Chevron. The so-called Chevron doctrine laid out that courts should generally defer to federal agencies’ reasonable interpretations of their authority when issuing regulations.
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