"The Supreme Court appears to be seeking a way to diminish the Chevron doctrine — without completely overruling the 40-year-old legal theory that helps federal agencies defend their rules on public health, food safety and climate change.
During oral arguments Wednesday morning in Relentless v. Department of Commerce, the more moderate members of the Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative supermajority questioned why it was necessary to go as far as to overturn a legal doctrine that the high court has declined to use in nearly a decade.
“How much of an actual question on the ground is this?” asked Chief Justice John Roberts, noting the court’s move away from Chevron, which says judges should defer to federal agencies’ reasonable interpretation of their power under ambiguous statutes."
Pamela King reports for E&E News January 17, 2024.
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