On June 28, the Supreme Court overruled four decades of case law
that required courts defer to federal agencies charged with
implementing laws under their purview. "Chevron
deference," as the doctrine was known, required that
courts defer to federal agencies' interpretation of statutes
those agencies were charged with enforcing — so long as the
agencies' interpretation was reasonable and even if the
statute-in-question could be read differently. In more recent
years, however, signs emerged that the future of Chevron
was in doubt. Ultimately, those reading the 'anti-Chevron'
tea leaves were right, as the Supreme Court overruled this
precedent in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. By
overturning Chevron, the Supreme Court has set in motion a
major shift in the world of administrative law which will have
massive implications on how federal regulations are challenged,
interpreted, and drafted.
