SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2024

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. By a vote of 6-3, the justices overruled their landmark 1984 decision in Chevron v.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

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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JURIST

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In Monday’s oral argument, Paul Clement, on behalf of Axon, stated that the company is “challenging the constitutionality of statutes that insulate agency officials” and violate due process rights by “denying access to courts.”

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Court’s Chevron decision established a bedrock principle of administrative law. Under Chevron , courts must defer to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute that the agency is charged with administering, even if they are inclined to rule another way. Natural Resources Defense Council , 467 U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 2, 2022

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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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 2, 2024

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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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

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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