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US Supreme Court strikes down Chevron Deference, requiring courts not defer to agency assessments of their mandates

JURIST

.” In reaching this conclusion, the court analyzed the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), legislation which determines the role of courts. The court found that the Chevron deference conflicts with the APA, which states that “the reviewing court” is to “decide all relevant questions of law.”

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Challenges to administrative action and retroactive relief for prisoners

SCOTUSBlog

The question is whether the United States is such a successful litigant that the court will grant review even in cases it doesn’t want the court to review. In addition, the Supreme Court held a few years back that the appointment procedures for SEC administrative law judges violate the Constitution’s appointments clause.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in a case involving the deference that courts should give to federal agencies’ interpretations of the laws that they administer. From health care to finance to environmental pollutants, administrative agencies use highly trained experts to interpret and carry out federal laws.