Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether it will overturn the Chevron doctrine—a 40-year-old doctrine that's critical to a functioning federal government.
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Jan 18, 2024 · 9:59 PM UTC
The Chevron doctrine recognizes the Congress delegates authority to technical experts at federal agencies selected by Congress to implement federal laws, in line with Congress’s intent.
Overturning Chevron would enable individual judges to limit or overturn agency decisions, giving little to no deference to such decisions.
This is all part of the far-right's larger agenda to capture the courts to advance its ideological agenda by overturning decades-long precedent, sowing dysfunction and undermining Congressional intent and the federal government’s ability to implement federal law
For example, in 2022 when considering EPA clean air regulations, the conservative-majority Supreme Court applied the "major-questions" doctrine to get around the Chevron doctrine—undermining the decisions of EPA experts and weakening critical environmental regulations.
Eliminating Chevron would prevent the government from fulfilling its most basic functions and allow big businesses and billionaires to further stack the deck in their favor—at the expense of working Americans and small businesses.
Justice Gorsuch and other Trump-appointee judges have been open about their intent to get rid of the Chevron doctrine.
Overturning Chevron would ultimately impact the entire regulatory ecosystem.
