David Doniger

Jun 28, 2024 | pressreleasepoint.com | David Doniger

Primary tabsView(active tab)Track Submitted by NRDC on Fri, 06/28/2024 - 12:17 Department of Commerce and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo , today overturned the doctrine of Chevron deference. Media Contact WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court, in the twin cases of Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo , today overturned the doctrine of Chevron deference.

Apr 26, 2024 | nrdc.org | David Doniger

The Biden administration issued new standards April 25 to finally cut the climate pollution from the nation’s power plants - the largest industrial source of carbon emissions. The new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency give power companies until 2032 to cut carbon emissions by 90 percent from the biggest coal and new gas plants.

Feb 28, 2024 | yalejreg.com | David Doniger

An essay by John McGinnis, “The Rise and Fall of Chevron,” recently caught my eye. McGinnis, now a professor at Northwestern, writes that as a summer legal intern he assisted Deputy Solicitor General Paul Bator in writing the government’s brief in Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Councilback in 1983. Though we’ve never met, I felt a certain kinship, since I briefed and argued the case for NRDC opposite Bator 40 years ago this Friday.

Jan 17, 2024 | thehill.com | David Doniger

Forty years ago, I argued a clean air case before the Supreme Court and lost — at least on the specific question in the case. The court, though, laid out sound and essential principles for judicial restraint when reviewing federal agency decisions. Now, in a pair of cases to be argued today, the court will rule on whether to radically change course and put unelected judges in the driver’s seat for decisions that should be made by politically accountable officials. The court got it right in 1984.

Jan 12, 2024 | nrdc.org | David Doniger

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on January 17 in a pair of cases that could weaken the ability of federal agencies to confront the wide array of challenges the modern world throws at us, from protecting clean air and water to assuring the safety of food and medicines to preventing stock fraud and other financial scams, and more. The cases Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless Inc. v.