And the In a major new ruling, the US Supreme Court has just delivered a serious blow to the

administrative state by eliminating the very framework which

allowed federal agencies to basically interpret the law however they wish.

Specifically, the US Supreme Court struck down something that's known as the

doctrine of Chevron deference. It sounds a little bit technical, but in a

practical sense, this one Supreme Court ruling, it eliminated the very core of the power that federal agencies

claim to possess. But that power is no more. Moving forward, unelected bureaucrats over in Washington will no longer have the

authority to make rules that then have the force of law. Let me explain specifically

the background of this particular case as well as what it means for common Americans like you and I moving forward. the a case called Chevron versus the National Resources Defense Council made its way up to the US Supreme Court.

Without getting too deep into the weeds of that particular case, the end result was that the

1984 Supreme Court they ruled in favor of Chevron and in so

doing they created a new administrative framework. If there was an ambiguity in a

given statute well the courts they would defer the interpretation of that statute

to the relevant federal agency.

In other words, quote,

a government agency must conform to any clear legislation statements

when interpreting and applying a law.

But courts will give the agency deference in ambiguous situations as long as the agency's

interpretation is reasonable.

In plain English, it means that an agency has to conform to the letter of the law,

but if there was even a slight ambiguity in the law, well, they can interpret that ambiguity

as they may, and the courts will defer to their expertise. The thinking behind interpret that

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