Supreme Court to Hear Major Case That Could Roll Back Administrative State

A ruling could upend the decades-old Chevron deference doctrine and effectively change how executive agencies regulate.

U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on Jan. 2, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Jan. 17 in two cases challenging the decades-old Chevron doctrine, which has been cited thousands of times and has formed the foundation for administrative law.

Issued in 1984, the opinion in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council said courts generally should defer to agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous language in congressional statutes.