IN-DEPTH: Supreme Court Rulings Chip Away at Power of Federal Agencies

Damien Schiff of the Pacific Legal Foundation on property owned by Michael and Chantell Sackett, at Priest Lake in Bonner County, Idaho in 2023. Schiff represented the Sacketts in their 16 year legal battle with the EPA over alleged Clean Water Act violations. The Sackett's prevailed in a landmark Supreme Court decision on May 25, 2023. Courtesy of the Pacific Legal Foundation

Two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions are victories for anyone dealing with government administrative agencies, say lawyers interested in the cases. One constitutional scholar warns that the decisions are only the first steps in the fight to maintain our form of democracy.

“Administrative power is the greatest threat to our constitutional rights,” Phillip Hamburger, a Columbia University School of Law law professor and CEO of the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), told The Epoch Times.