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Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal agencies

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Share In a major ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday cut back sharply on the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they administer and ruled that courts should rely on their own interpretion of ambiguous laws. The question, as she framed it, is “[w]ho decides which of the possible readings” of those laws should prevail?

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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in case challenging FTC enforcement powers

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Moreover, they highlighted that the court has consistently upheld that district courts lack jurisdiction over such issues, arguing that the court should find Axon lacks valid cause of action on the grounds that the “commencement of a commission adjudication is not immediately reviewable” This case will be considered in conjunction with (..)

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SCOTUS Poised to Decide Fate of Chevron Doctrine

Constitutional Law Reporter

The Court’s Chevron decision established a bedrock principle of administrative law. The post SCOTUS Poised to Decide Fate of Chevron Doctrine appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. The two most closely watched involve whether the Court should overrule its landmark decision in Chevron v. 837 (1984).

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions (and one original action ) that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether New Jersey can withdraw from its Waterfront Commission Compact with New York concerning governance and law enforcement over the Port of New York and New Jersey. In New York v. However, the U.S.

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In family’s lawsuit against public nursing home, court revisits private rights of action and the spending clause

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Talevski , to be argued Tuesday, returns the court to the question of when federal law is subject to private enforcement. 1983 — which allows private suits for state and local deprivations of rights secured by federal law—to enforce federal statutes enacted under Congress’ spending clause power.

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Supreme Court to consider multi-pronged constitutional attack on SEC

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To leave the decision unreviewed would force Congress to revise substantially the affected portions of the securities laws solely based on the opinion of one divided lower court panel – hence, the Supreme Court’s buffet of constitutional law topics on Wednesday morning.

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Supreme Court expands time frame to sue federal agencies

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But Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, writing for the dissenting liberal bloc, warned that the decision could have “staggering” implications, particularly in light of the court’s decision on June 28 eliminating the doctrine of deference to an agency’s reasonable interpretation of the laws that it administers.

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