Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

Chevron Overruled: In a historic decision issued June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court has formally overturned the “Chevron doctrine”—a rule it adopted in 1984, under which federal courts defer to federal agencies’ interpretation of their own powers as a matter of course. The Court ruled in favor of the herring fishermen who argued their case, Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc. v. Raimondo, before the Court in January 2024.

In December 2022, the Liberty Justice Center filed an amicus brief in Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc. v. Raimondo alongside the Cato Institute, urging the Supreme Court to hear the case and strike down Chevron as unconstitutional and ahistorical. After the Court granted the petition for certiorari, the Liberty Justice Center filed another amicus brief supporting the fishermen in July 2023, urging the Supreme Court to overturn Chevron because it unconstitutionally delegated the judicial branch’s interpretive authority to the executive branch.

“For decades, the Chevron doctrine has allowed unaccountable agencies and bureaucrats to determine the scope of their own power—and to use that excessive power to run roughshod over Americans’ rights. We applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Chevron, restore courts’ power to independently interpret statutes, and significantly rein in the administrative state’s unlawful overreach,” said Senior Counsel Loren Seehase. “Now that courts are no longer shackled to agencies’ interpretations, agency rules can be fairly interpreted—and we look forward to challenging their overreach.”