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On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, limiting the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they enforce. This decision overturned the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine, which had required courts to uphold an agency’s interpretation of a statute as long as it was reasonable when Congress had not directly addressed the issue at hand.
In the video above, Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker argues that this ruling is a positive development, and alleges that the “administrative state” and U.S. government bureaucracy has exceeded its authorities.
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The following is an excerpt from the above video
Because laws have been so vague, Congress has let down their guard. They have not filled in details enough for the administration state [sic] didn’t know what to do. So in a lot of places, they get a lot of license, and have done some really naughty things. So thus, the Supreme Court in the decision, the Loper Bright v. Raimondo decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled a 1984 Chevron decision that granted federal agencies broad latitude to interpret the laws they administer.
Justice Clarence Thomas stated that the Chevron doctrine was inconsistent with the Administrative Procedural Act, and the Constitution’s division of powers between the three branches of government. The Chevron doctrine, it’s been law for that long, it required judges to give up their constitutional power to exercise their independent judgment. So Justice Thomas said that that Chevron decision allowed the executive branch to exercise powers not given to it.
The plaintiffs in Loper Bright were small family-owned fishing businesses from Cape May, New Jersey. They brought the case to challenge the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administrative rule that the federal government used to force them to pay the salaries of third-party monitors on their boats.
Interested in opposing perspectives? Have a look at how our other contributors view this issue from across the political spectrum:
Adrienne Lawrence: End of Chevron is an open invite for corporate corruption.
Ruben Navarrette: America must fix its broken Supreme Court.
