Supreme Court overturns Chevron deference doctrine

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine on Friday in Loper Bright Enterprises et. al. v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et.

When the Supreme Court rules on a constitutional issue, that judgment is virtually final; its decisions can be altered only by the rarely used procedure of constitutional amendment or by a new ruling of the Court. However, when the Court interprets a statute, new legislative action can be taken.

On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 opinion in the combined cases of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce, overturning the seminal 40-year-old decision Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council that established the principle that federal courts must defer ...