THE U.S. Supreme Court’s Friday ruling ‘Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo’ struck a serious blow to US federal agencies. With the fall of the 40-year old precedent “Chevron deference”, federal agencies ability to do their jobs is critically undermined.
No longer will judges defer to the expertise of agencies on how to interpret ambiguous language in laws pertaining to their work. Federal judges going forward will now have the power to decide what a law means for themselves.
It represents a seismic win for all varieties of conservative in the United States. In the world of the big corporate country club GOP, the end of Chevron Deference means an opportunity to escape regulations. Corporate America can now begin litigating in the courts challenges to every conceivable regulation they dislike - from worker protections to environmental protections.
Equally gleeful are MAGA Republicans, with prisoner Steve Bannon celebrating the fall of Chevron deference as a victory for ‘national populism’. They view the rollback on regulations looming large as body blow to the ‘deep state’.
But for anyone depending on the protection of federal agencies the fall of Chevron Deference is a nightmare made manifest.
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