"Major businesses cited a trio of pivotal rulings from June in a bid to invalidate a vast array of federal climate, education, health and labor rules."
"Major businesses and their lobbying groups have seized on a set of recent Supreme Court decisions that sharply limit the government’s regulatory powers, aiming to advance dozens of lawsuits that could invalidate a vast array of federal climate, education, health and labor rules.
The moves underscore the lasting significance of the justices’ findings — and the risks to President Joe Biden’s signature economic policies — ahead of an election in which the two candidates have presented starkly different visions for the future of federal regulations.
In a closely watched case last term, the high court jettisoned a long-standing legal doctrine that had afforded agencies broad latitude to craft rules even without express instructions from Congress. The justices also restricted how certain federal watchdogs can pursue alleged wrongdoers, and they opened the door for some companies to launch new lawsuits over seemingly settled government rules — some of them decades old."