On Friday June 28th, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a major tool of federal agencies, the “Chevron Deference”. The Chevron Deference was created by the Supreme Court 40 years ago and it allowed federal agencies to create rules and regulations. As a byproduct of this, federal agencies became interpreters of the law.
This 6-3 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo (together with Relentless v Department of Commerce) is a huge hit to the federal bureaucracy. We hope this will slow down the expansion of the federal government and will call into question regulations that the federal government has used the “Chevron Deference” to defend.
What we do know is that Florida state legislators should be empowered by this decision to be bold on policy and rule making. We also think that Florida has and will pave the way in challenging these unconstitutional federal regulations.
