The Latest Breaking News from Chevron

I'm delighted to pass along this item from Prof. Thomas Merrill (Columbia), whom readers might remember as a guest-blogger from a couple of years ago, and who is the author of The Chevron Doctrine: Its Rise, and Fall, and the Future of the Administrative State (2022): Last week, the Supreme…

Episode 488 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

On paper, the easing of US oil sanctions against Venezuela should allow its battered economy to once again profit from a resource it has more of than any country in the world.

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

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 Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the Chevron deference, a precedent that gives federal agencies leeway in crafting regulations. The case involves ...

The conservative-leaning US Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared inclined to weaken the power of federal agencies, which regulate myriad issues affecting the everyday lives of Americans -- from consumer safety to air pollution.

Learn about the potential impact of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's anti-regulatory stance on federal agencies and the upcoming cases challenging regu...

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

Several of the court's conservative justices expressed deep skepticism of the current framework. But all three left-leaning justices offered support for keeping the system in place.

Excessive judicial deference gives administrative agencies a license to rewrite the law in their favor.