After momentous term, Supreme Court cements Federalist Society vision as law
In a concurring opinion he waited eight years to write, Justice Neil Gorsuch did not mince his words.
“Today,” he scribed, “the Court places a tombstone on Chevron no one can miss.”
The opinion came in one of the landmark decisions of the recent U.S. Supreme Court term. Overturning Chevron deference, a 40-year-old administrative law doctrine instructing courts to defer to federal agencies when interpreting vague statutes, was something of a personal victory for Justice Gorsuch.
That victory also represented the full realization of a high court that conservative lawyers and activists have been seeking for a generation…
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