The Supreme Court curtailed the power of federal agencies to implement laws passed by Congress, in a decision Friday that overturned a 40-year precedent that required judges to defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous laws.
The 6-3 opinion overturned what’s known as the Chevron doctrine, which federal agencies asserted regularly when defending their regulations in court, including the Justice Department, EPA and the Federal Communications Commission.
While the specific decision in this case throws out a federal fishery inspection rule, it throws open a new chapter in the balance of power between the three branches of the federal government.
