SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Justice John Paul Stevens set out a two-part test for courts to review an agency’s interpretation of a statute it administers. If it has not, the court must uphold the agency’s interpretation of the statute as long as it is reasonable.

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Stare Decisis Court Statute Government 145

SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Both he and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — who untimely passed early in the 2020-21 term — shared similar ideological perspectives, approaches to judicial review, and paths to the Supreme Court. Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the Supreme Court at the end of this term will mark the end of an era. A close reading of Stenberg v.

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Stare Decisis Court Laws Drafting 121

SCOTUSBlog

JULY 7, 2022

Six months after the arrival of Barrett in the fall of 2020, who had taken a relatively expansive view of the Second Amendment as a lower-court judge, the justices announced that they would review the New York law. Instead, the court simply interpreted the two statutes at issue by looking primarily at the statutes’ text and structure.

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Laws Stare Decisis Court Statute 99