Deference to Chevron

The Supreme Court gutted executive power right as conservatives are on the brink of winning the presidency.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to overturn the doctrine of Chevron Deference last Friday. The doctrine, first implemented by the court in 1984, granted federal agencies broad powers to interpret laws that lacked specificity from Congress. The decision Friday transferred significant power from the executive branch to the judiciary — not Congress, as some ma…