Key Takeaways From Supreme Court Rulings That Curb Executive Power

The court’s decision in Loper Bright upended decades of precedent while both cases raised questions about separation of powers.

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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court last week issued a pair of rulings to limit the power of the federal government, curbing agencies’ ability to make regulations and take certain enforcement actions.

In a major ruling on June 28 in the case of Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo, the majority overturned a 40-year precedent known as the Chevron deference doctrine. That precedent required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations where there are ambiguities in statutes.