Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Ruling

The US Supreme Court threw out a decades-old legal doctrine that empowered federal regulators to interpret unclear laws, issuing a blockbuster ruling that will constrain environmental, consumer and financial-watchdog agencies. The court overturned Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, a 1984 ruling that Democratic administrations had used as a legal building block for new regulations. Kailey Leinz reports.

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[Kahless_the_Unforgettable]

This is the biggest ruling this session. 40 years of case law just got tossed on its head.

The lower courts are going to be busy for a while.

[robertsmith]

Not ruling against anything except tyranny. Ruling FOR the constitution. A vague law is supposed to be unconstitutional, not rewritten to suit the government.

[AdeleiTeillana]

I can't believe they just showed a graphic of Chevron stock in the middle of this story, as if the story is at all related to how well the stock is doing or is going to do! 😂😂😂

[that_review_guy]

The power of Executive orders also needs to be challenged. Congress makes laws, not Presidents nor agencies or corporations.

[lightningdriver]

Good opinion from the Court. These agencies were interpreting law for their own purposes.

[Redslayer]

They shouldn't be able to use "their own interpretations" or "interpret their own authority" so this was the right call.

[shawnlively]

Massive win for the 2A! Bravo SCOTUS! BRAVO!!!

[kellyj]

A great ruling. If the Agency thinks the laws created by Congress (the ONLY Body that Constitutionally is allowed to create the Bills that become Laws) are too vague, they should either petition Congress to address the issue or be part of the process advising Congress on what the language of the Law should be to make it effective. An Agency that uses a laws "vagueness" to create restrictions on the Citizenry no longer has the Citizens best interest in mind and is only seeking to further its own power and scope of influence.

[SmB-si]

"Regulation without representation is no bueno." - Clarence Thomas, probably.

[nicz]

Our lazy congress critters will actually have to write laws that are not vague. Oh the humanity!

[blargblarg]

So unelected officials are no longer granted broad bands of power and now need the elected officials, representing their constituents, to make me regulations? Where is the down side?

[steveRBForge]

So glad that freedom has been defended. Congress not regulators make law!

[computechguy]

About time these agencies were reigned in. They've been runnung roughshod over constitutional rights using Cheveron.

[PMaynard-]

I am 57 and this is best ruling for US citizens in my lifetime.

[nicholastrusley]

Amazing! Now the agency can stop trying to make law and leave that to congress. The rule of Lenity will now be used as it should. With ambiguity in their laws, the defendants should get the benefit and not the alphabet agencies!!

[tonystorcke]

This is very good. Agencies cannot directly interpret the constitution.

[steveRBForge]

I had a reply to my comment that said I’m less free today because the Court restricted rouge government agencies from taking away my freedom. I’m 70, went to college when they taught civics. Someone explain how making congress make law makes me less free. The founding fathers designed congress to make it difficult to pass law. So explain again how restricting some agency from making laws makes me less free. Congress can no longer hide behind “ we did not do not.” The what ever agency did it.

[HikerDude]

This is a great day for the Constitution!!!!

[raeth]

Maybe if the 100 of lawyers cannot write a cohesive law it does not need to be a law.

[robertevans]

How could anyone who loves freedom, who treasures liberty, who despises authoritarianism, not love this court and its recent rulings? The exception is the harsh blow they dealt the 1st amendment with that bar-raising of who has standing...everything else seems to be pulling back the abuse of authority that executive branches have been going crazy with these last 50+ yrs, and telling Congress that it needs to write laws that are detailed enough to know what their intent was and stop passing the actual rulemaking off to the executive branch and their agencies.

If you're a Libertarian, you have to be cheering from the top of the rafters today from the wonderful session this has been.