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Key legal doctrine for federal regulation may be on thin ice following SCOTUS arguments

01/17/24 2:55 PM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS Brett Kavanaugh Chevron doctrine Elena Kagan Federal agencies' regulatory discretion federal regulations Justice Department Neil Gorsuch Pacific Legal Foundation Supreme Court

The Supreme Court appeared open Wednesday to the idea of dumping, or at least trimming the scope of a 40-year-old legal doctrine that says judges should defer to “reasonable” agency interpretations of statutes in cases where Congress has not been clear enough.

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