Early this week, the Supreme Court announced that it will hear a case aimed squarely at killing off the Chevron deference — the nearly-four-decade-old legal tool that gives federal agencies wide-ranging power to defend environmental rules in court.

But how did that case come about, and what could overruling the Chevron deference mean for government agencies, businesses, and us as citizens?

In this episode, Dylan breaks down Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (which explicitly asks whether the Supreme Court should overrule Chevron), the making of the Chevron deference, and where the Supreme Court’s ability to declare laws constitutional actually comes from.

Show Highlights

[02:24] The three branches of government
[04:08] The fourth unconstitutional branch of government
[08:56] How the Chevron deference came about
[12:03] The two-step test to assess whether a federal agency has overstepped its legal authority
[16:41] The implications of the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo case
[18:54] How the Supreme Court got the ability to rule what's constitutional or unconstitutional

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