Preview: Professor John Yoo identifies the Roberts Court as critical in the rejection of the Chevron doctrine that empowered the administrative state. More soon.
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🗓️ 1 March 2025
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| 0:40.8 | This is John Batchel. |
| 0:44.8 | A conversation with colleague Professor John Yoo at Berkeley, |
| 0:52.2 | also a fellow at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas as well as AEI, |
| 0:57.6 | commenting on the Chevron doctrine that has now been challenged and reversed by the Supreme Court, by the Roberts Court. There are more cases coming. |
| 1:03.3 | Question is, does the administrative state have the final word in interpreting laws from Congress? |
| 1:10.4 | John Yoo speaks to it now, |
| 1:11.9 | and we look forward to more clarity in the next court. |
| 1:16.4 | More of this tonight. |
| 1:18.2 | John, this is terrible. |
| 1:19.7 | You're stealing my next article idea. |
| 1:21.8 | Darn it! |
| 1:23.7 | What's happened? |
| 1:25.6 | Chevron's a total example of the Wilsonian, you know, bureaucratic presidency. |
| 1:30.6 | Congress rates a vague statute, like regulate the air in the public interest. |
| 1:35.4 | And then the executive branch agencies, because their experts would say, |
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