Supreme Court overturns 40-year landmark decision, limiting federal agencies' power

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Thursday to overturn a 40-year-old decision that had given federal agencies broad regulatory power, curtailing the agencies' ability to enforce regulations. Former federal prosecutor Scott Fredericksen joined CBS News to discuss the decision and attorney and CBS News campaign reporter Katrina Kaufman has more on the cases still on the court's docket.

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[zmose]

The fact that they've had to put the ATF in their place over, and over, and over in recent years, is all you needed to see to know this was coming.

[petesmith]

Seriously cutting Federal Agency power is one of the best things the Supreme Court has ever done! The American people have the power, not Federal agency bureaucrats! Thank you Supreme Court for reestablishing the power of the people and cutting the swamp rat’s power. We the people elect Representatives who we want to make laws…not bureaucrats using rules in place of laws!

[convictowens]

They need to take away the powers these rouge agencies have to just do whatever they want to with whoever they seem to want to

[Leyirs]

Barely been seeing this, almost like they don’t want most people to be aware

[chavitacanta]

The EPA cotrolling every wash, dry gully, cow pond, is the reason they don’t need to be able to do this ! Creating wetlands out of land farmed for 50 years or more ! This is ridiculous and what happens when agencies go unchecked !

[branchingoutnurseries]

It's not "siding with conservatives, " constraining the scope and power of the government to its constitutional limits.

[tedzehnder]

Just because congress writes a law it doesn`t mean that law is constitutional.The reason why some laws enacted by congress are ambiguous is because some might be unconstitutional and this is the way to get around that fact.The Fed has a lot of resources for court proceedings if laws are challenged. They can put on a beat down.

[mountaindoom]

Good, now lets start drilling and bring those prices down.

[davidspringham]

Along with the EPA the ATF also needs to be reigned in. ATF has been changing standing laws with new definitions and regulations contrary to the laws that Congress passed.

[Dogatemyhomework]

Helping to destroy the 4th branch of government!!!

[SuperOdyss]

Good! I agree with Gorsuch that if a law is ambiguous, toss the law and tell Congress to write a succinct and clear law.

[mikefowler]

No not responsible for law, To keep civil servants from CREATING more law.

[freddyg]

Now days this agancies have lost their way and have abuse their power

[mldxxkz]

"limiting" federal agencies to FOLLOWING THE LAWS AS WRITTEN, not having unelected political appointees and their hand selected employees making crap up out of the nowhere!

[baigandinel]

Headlines like this seem to already entail an attempt to frame the narrative. While it is always of some significance when a longstanding precedent is overturned, it is hardly the entire story of the case. And it seems a bit telling that even the overturning of Roe was met with more neutral-sounding headlines, perhaps providing a window into what the powers-that-be deem most important (in this case, it seems it may be that power itself).

[tcaldwell]

Good for the supreme Court for doing the right thing.

[harrylippidardo]

This is a great ruling. A huge win for the people. All limits put on the administrative state is a good thing.

[strawberriesncandii]

The federal government should not have that kind of power in the first place.

[carlfrye]

6 - 3, not a "strictly conservative" ruling.

[markhockman]

After this week, I'd think the Court's majority will face a difficult decision: whether to replace, on the front of the Supreme Court building, the words "Equal Justice Under Law" with the words "Open for Business, " "Might makes Right, " or "Plutocrats Only."