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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Supreme Court Takes On the Administrative State

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In a 6-3 decision, the Justices abolish "Chevron deference," a doctrine that told judges to defer to regulatory agencies on the meanings of ambiguous laws. Does this really spell the end of expertise in Washington, as Justice Elena Kagan argues in dissent? Plus, the Supreme Court sends back to lower judges two laws in Florida and Texas that regulate social-media websites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,

0:20.0

this is Potomac Watch.

0:24.1

The Supreme Court issues two big rulings reining in the administrative state, including one

0:29.4

that abolishes a judicial doctrine known as Chevron deference.

0:33.4

Plus a unanimous ruling by the justices puts on hold

0:36.3

at least for now Texas and Florida laws regulating

0:39.6

social media websites.

0:41.8

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

0:44.8

We are joined today by my colleagues, columnists Kim Strassal and Alicia Finley.

0:51.0

As we round out this year's decisions in a jam-packed Supreme Court term, let's take up three cases

0:57.1

we haven't had a chance to talk about yet, starting with Loper Bright Enterprises. This is a decision late last week and here is the holding in the

1:06.2

syllabus from the Supreme Court. The Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise

1:11.2

their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has

1:14.9

acted within its statutory authority and courts may not defer to an agency

1:19.8

interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous.

1:24.4

Chevron is overruled.

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Kim, maybe the place to start is, can you give us a reminder of what Chevron deference

1:30.8

is or maybe rather what it was? and how big of a deal it is that

1:35.5

Chevron deference has now fallen. Hooray we love that past tense. So Chevron is

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