Laura M. McLane

Jul 31, 2024 | lexology.com | Emily Cook |Paul Hughes |Tony Maida |Drew Elizabeth McCormick |Laura M. McLane

At the end of the 2024 term, the executive branch struck out when the US Supreme Court issued three separate decisions along ideological lines that have the potential to materially weaken the enforcement authority of federal administrative agencies. First, the Court overruled the long-standing Chevron doctrine that instructed courts to defer to an agency’s permissible interpretation of ambiguous statutes.