Lawmakers Push Dueling Approaches to Post-Chevron Legislating

Republicans are attempting to review agency decisions upheld through Chevron deference while Democrats are trying to codify the doctrine.
Lawmakers Push Dueling Approaches to Post-Chevron Legislating
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein/Getty Images
Sam Dorman
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Members of Congress are wrestling with how to legislate after the Supreme Court overruled the decades-old Chevron-deference doctrine, a move experts say will force lawmakers to delve further into the finer details of particular policy areas.

Some Democrats have sought to avoid this scenario by codifying Chevron deference, which required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes. The Stop Corporate Capture Act, proposed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and other leading Democrats, purports to do that while providing a host of other regulatory reforms.

Sam Dorman
Sam Dorman
Washington Correspondent
Sam Dorman is a Washington correspondent covering courts and politics for The Epoch Times. You can follow him on X at @EpochofDorman.
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