“SCOTUS Takes on Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo” or “Regulator?! I Hardly Know ‘Er!”
Issue: Whether the court should overrule Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in the statute does not constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency.
In other words, do federal regulatory agencies have the express power to regulate stuff?
Is it the responsibility of:
— the EPA to regulate pollutants? — the USDA to keep our food supply safe? — the FDA to oversee drugs going onto the market? — OSHA to protect workers? — the CPSC to keep dangerous toys and consumer products off the market? — the FTC to regulate monopolies? — the DOT to come up with highway and automobile safety standards? — the ATF to regulate guns? — the Interior Department to regulate drilling and mining on federal lands? — the Forest Service to protect our woodlands and rivers? — and the Department of Labor to protect workers’ rights?
Guess we’ll find out eventually 🤷🏻♂️
(List of agencies and their basic reason for existence taken from The Hartmann Report)