Supreme Court Hears Koch-Backed Cases Designed to Unleash Deregulatory Bonanza

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Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.

The conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a pair of cases taking direct aim at a critical precedent that, if overturned, would gut federal agencies' ability to set and enforce regulations—a potentially massive blow to the climate, civil rights, public health, and more. Central to Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v.

At the start of the Supreme Court's hearing Wednesday, liberal Justice Elena Kagan expressed concern that gutting Chevron would give judges who lack subject-matter expertise power over policy decisions previously made by agencies staffed with scientists and other experts.

 

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