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…

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Applying 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…

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Susan 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.”…

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Eight 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…

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Loper 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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