Key Takeaways From Supreme Court Rulings That Curb Executive Power

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court this week issued a pair of rulings to limit the power of the federal government, curbing agencies’ ability to make regulations and take certain enforcement actions. In a major ruling on June 28 in the case of Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo, the majority overturned a 40-year precedent known as the Chevron deference doctrine. That precedent required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations where there are ambiguities in statutes. [epoch_component type=”photo_gallery” position=”column-right” section_title=”” width=”150″ items=”5677352,” image_stays=”false” stays_for_paragraphs=””][/epoch_component] Chevron has been cited more than 18,000 times by federal courts and is “unquestionably one of the foundational decisions in administrative law,” according to the Congressional Research Service....