The Supreme Court made it easier Monday to challenge long-standing federal rules, the latest in a series of decisions that give the federal judiciary a greater say in federal government policies.
A 6-3 decision in Corner Post Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System revived a challenge to a debit card fee rule first issued in 2011 and laid out a new standard for when agency rules could be challenged in court.
Previously, a rule issued under the Administrative Procedure Act, or APA, could be challenged within six years of it being finalized. In the majority opinion, Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote that any entity instead has six years from when they are affected by a rule.
