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Divided Supreme Court Strikes Down Chevron in Landmark Decision

Constitutional Law Reporter

However, if the court determines that “the statute is silent or ambiguous with respect to the specific issue” at hand, the court must defer to the agency’s interpretation if it “is based on a permissible construction of the statute.”

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SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

Constitutional Law Reporter

According to the Court, this requirement “undermines any attempt to give the provision a sweeping, open-ended construction,” instead limiting §1 to its appropriately “narrow” scope. The post SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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Supreme Court Clarifies “Safety Valve” in Federal Criminal Sentencing Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

The content of Subparagraphs A, B, and C, especially as read against the Guidelines, thus answers the statutory puzzle here—reducing two grammatical possibilities to just one plausible construction.” The post Supreme Court Clarifies “Safety Valve” in Federal Criminal Sentencing Laws appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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Supreme Court Holds FBAR Penalties Are Calculated Per Report

Constitutional Law Reporter

The government’s interpretation defies this traditional rule of statutory construction. The post Supreme Court Holds FBAR Penalties Are Calculated Per Report appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. … [W]hen Congress wished to tie sanctions to account-level information [in Sec.

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Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Encouraging Illegal Immigration

Constitutional Law Reporter

Justice Jackson argued that the majority abandoned traditional tools of statutory construction to reach its result. “It The post Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Encouraging Illegal Immigration appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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SCOTUS Adopts New Standard for Religious Accommodations Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

The Court further advised that courts must apply the test to take into account all relevant factors in the case at hand, including the particular accommodations at issue and their practical impact in light of the nature, size, and operating cost of an employer.

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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

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In a 2-1 panel decision, the court also found that the was overly broad. In so ruling, the appellate court reversed a January 2019 district court decision. Section 50-5-85.”