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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

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JANUARY 16, 2024

The stakes in the case are high: The challengers argue that the current deferential standard is unconstitutional, while the Biden administration contends that overturning the existing doctrine would be a “convulsive shock to the legal system.” The doctrine at the center of the case is known as the Chevron doctrine.

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JULY 7, 2022

The limits came through a legal theory known as the “major questions” doctrine, the idea that if Congress wants to give a federal agency the authority to make decisions with “vast economic and political significance,” it must clearly say so. And in West Virginia v.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

In a historic term, momentum to move the law often came from the five justices to the chief’s right

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