Administrative/Regulatory,
U.S. Supreme Court
Jul. 1, 2024
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Administrative Procedure Act, passed in 1946, requires that agency interpretations of statutes are not entitled to deference.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday shoveled dirt on the grave of a 40-year-old precedent that granted deference to administrative agencies if a law's language was ambiguous.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., an appointee of President George W. Bush who was writing for a court split along partisan lines, ruled that the Administrative Procedure Act - passed in 1946 - requires that "agency interpretations of statutes -- like agency interpretations of the Constitution -- are n...
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