The Latest Breaking News from Loper Bright

But after a second, a third, and a fourth read, all of the fancy veneers and window dressing start to come off.

Today the Supreme Court ruled, 6-3*, to overrule the doctrine of "Chevron" deference to agencies in Loper Bright Enterprises, consolidated with Relentless Inc. The bottom line should be unsurprising to anybody who had been following the arguments or the Court's treatment of Chevron over the past decade. The only thing…

A landmark decision from SCOTUS fundamentally alters the administrative law landscape and impacts federal agencies, including the IRS.

The Supreme Court in a decision Friday curtailed the power of federal agencies to implement laws passed by Congress.

A careful textualist analysis that speaks more broadly to other substantive canons, including Chevron deference.

Some thoughts on the most important issue in Relentless and Loper Bright.

The United States Supreme Court on January 17, 2024, heard oral argument in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce—two consolidated cases challenging an agency’s interpretation of a federal fishery law that could affect future applications of Chevron deference by the federal courts. 

The justices seem inclined to revise or ditch a 1984 precedent that requires deference to executive agencies' statutory interpretations.

The Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases that could remove the deference given to the executive branch in interpreting law.

Fisheries regulation might seem to be unusual grounds for the U.S. Supreme Court to shift power away from federal agencies. But that is what the court seems poised to do in the combined cases of Loper Bright Enterprises vs. Raimondo and Relentless Inc. vs. Department of Commerce. The cases are…