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Divided Supreme Court Strikes Down Chevron in Landmark Decision

Constitutional Law Reporter

By a vote of 6-3, the Court held that Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether a federal agency has acted within its statutory authority, and courts may not defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous.

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Allegations of racial bias in a death penalty trial

SCOTUSBlog

The court will hold the other case raising that question, Ham v. Texas , which were amply supported by the habeas and trial records, and whether the Texas court disregarded the Supreme Court’s express guidance for conducting a prejudice analysis pursuant to Strickland v. Breckon , pending the outcome in Jones.