This article was updated on June 28 at 3:46 p.m. In a major ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday cut back sharply on the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they administer and ruled that courts should rely on their own interpretion of ambiguous laws. The decision will likely have far-

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17027148

In a major ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday cut back sharply on the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they administer and ruled that courts should rely on their own interpretion of ambiguous laws.

Quick explanation for those too lazy for links, and haven’t see the posts with different coverages.

What’s Chevron?

  • Chevron was a judicial doctrine where upon review courts would have to accept any reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous law from gov agencies.

What’s the Impact of it Being Gone?

  • These agencies can still issue ruling but courts don’t have to accept them in cases when there is another reasonable interpretation.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
      18·
      5 months ago

      You just wait, by all accounts, we’re gonna put our own fash prime minister with a huge majority next year. I am very afraid.

      • cygnus@lemmy.ca
        10·
        5 months ago

        Trudeau is facing a major insurrection as we speak, so I hope not. Nobody actually likes that rat-faced little fucker Poilievre — they just want Trudeau gone.

        • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
          7·
          5 months ago

          Agreed. But I’m very afraid. I don’t know if they’ll be able to make him step down, and I don’t know if an alternative would be able to close the gap with pipsqueak.

      • cygnus@lemmy.ca
        10·
        5 months ago

        Pretty fucked unless you’re willing to move to a village at least 1 hour’s drive from the nearest city of 100k population. A detached house in my neck of the woods is about 400k CAD and up. Rents start at around 1500 for something decent.

    • FireTower@lemmy.worldOP
      6·
      5 months ago

      That’d be a bit excessive, this change doesn’t mean the courts can’t/won’t still accept executive interpretations or that executive rule making is dead. It also doesn’t prohibit the delegation of authority from the legislature to the executive branch, it just requires that they do so explicitly. This ruling returned the legal paradigm on part of admin law to a pre-Reagan state.