Loper Bright
How vague statutory language enabled the Biden administration’s CHIPS Act overreach, and what Congress must do next
My latest op-ed in the Washington Reporter uses FOIA docs from the CHIPS Act implementation to demonstrate how ambiguous laws empower unelected bureaucrats and undermine democratic accountability: When Congress rejected sweeping child care subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden administration’s Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo reportedly told her staff, “if Congress wasn’t going to do what they…
Read MoreAFP Foundation’s Ryan Mulvey on Montana Talks with Aaron Flint
AFP Foundation Senior Policy Counsel Ryan Mulvey joined Montana Talk’s Aaron Flint live from the Western Caucus Foundation meeting to discuss Loper Bright. Featuring: Interview starts at 28:20.
Read MoreBloomberg Law Podcast Finale: After Loper Bright, Congress Weighs Sweating the Small Stuff
Bloomberg Law’s UnCommon Law podcast finishes its series on the “story behind the fishing industry’s Chevron doctrine challenge.” This episode is on: “After Loper Bright, Congress Weighs Sweating the Small Stuff”
Read MoreCert Petition to Watch: Tennessee v. Kennedy Highlights Important Loper Bright Implementation Question
A recent cert petition asking the Supreme Court to vacate the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Tennessee v. Kennedy, and remand with instructions to dismiss the case as moot under United States v. Munsingwear, highlights an important Loper Bright implementation question that the Court may need to resolve in a future case: the scope of statutory…
Read MoreBloomberg Law Podcast Asks: Is the Administrative State Still Alive?
Bloomberg Law’s UnCommon Law podcast continues its series on the “story behind the fishing industry’s Chevron doctrine challenge.” This episode is on: “Chevron Deference Is Dead. Is the Administrative State Still Alive?”
Read MoreAfter Supreme Court Victory Opens Courthouse Doors, Corner Post Prevails on Remand In Challenge to Fed’s 2011 Debit Fee Regulation
The Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright was a landmark victory for the rule of law, due process, and the separation of powers. But it was not the only important administrative law decision in the 2023 Term. Following Loper Bright, Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System opened up the…
Read MoreApplying Loper Bright to EEOC “Right to Sue” Notices
In Prichard v. Long Island University, a U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York relied on Loper Bright v. Raimondo to invalidate an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulation that had allowed the agency to issue “right to sue” notices before 180 days had passed. The decision made clear that EEOC regulations should…
Read MoreSusan Dudley in Forbes: Congress Must Step Up
Following her appearance at the HSGAC hearing on the future of Loper Bright, former OIRA Administrator Susan Dudley had a series of recommendations for how Congress can reassert itself and fulfill its constitutional role. “First, legislation should recognize that while scientific facts are a necessary element of good policy design, they are almost never sufficient.”…
Read MoreEight Circuit Applies Loper Bright in FCC Quadrennial Review Dispute
On July 23rd, in Zimmer Radio of Mid-Missouri v. FCC, the Eighth Circuit applied the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright to a dispute over the FCC’s quadrennial review of its media ownership rules in a way that highlights a few key themes in Loper Bright statutory interpretation cases. Background on the FCC Order Under Section…
Read MoreLoper Bright Mentioned in Trump Tariff Case at Federal Circuit Oral Argument
Here’s how the Wall Street Journal Editorial Page described the exchange: Mr. Nixon’s tariffs for the most part also didn’t exceed the tariff “schedule that had already been enacted,” said another judge. Mr. Trump’s do. Mr. Shumate’s fall-back was that IEEPA was meant to be interpreted “very broadly.” But “is that really how we interpret…
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