The U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the 40-year-old “Chevron deference” doctrine, in which judges deferred to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute, could give greater pause to agencies when implementing regulations, administrative-law professors and regulatory attorneys said Friday.
“This is just another example of a court that is highly skeptical of power being exercised by administrative agencies,” University of Pennsylvania law professor Cary Coglianese said.
