Posts by kschmidt

In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court squarely held that “Chevron is overruled” and “[c]ourts must exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority.”  After Loper Bright, federal courts may no longer “defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous.”  Nonetheless, in Tennessee v. Becerra, a Sixth Circuit…

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced a series of letters to federal agencies after the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overturning Chevron deference: “This week, House Republican Committees are sending letters to their corresponding federal agencies to demand the review of various overreaching regulations in our fight to free the American people…

Today, attorneys for a group of New Jersey herring fishermen landed a significant victory at the Supreme Court.  With its ruling in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, the Court has overruled the Chevron doctrine and restored the balance of power between Congress and the Administration. The Loper Bright decision was issued alongside Relentless v Department of Commerce.    The fishermen in the Loper Bright case face an…