Relentless, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Department of Commerce, et al.

  1. December 18, 2023

    Feds Defend Chevron Deference In Second High Court Case

    The federal government on Friday reiterated its plea to the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve a long-standing legal doctrine that allows judges to defer to executive branch agency legal interpretations in some rulemaking processes.

  2. November 27, 2023

    Amicus Groups Tell High Court To End Chevron Deference

    Six groups, including the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and several former state supreme court judges, filed friend-of-the-court briefs on Monday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decades-old legal doctrine stating that courts must defer to federal agencies' interpretation of ambiguous laws.

  3. November 22, 2023

    Would Ending Chevron Deference Really Make Waves?

    Experts say federal agencies and courts have drifted away from relying on Chevron deference in recent years, following the lead of U.S. Supreme Court justices who have criticized it, but the doctrine hasn't been totally abandoned by lower courts — and a closely watched high court case could decide its ultimate fate.

  4. November 21, 2023

    Fishing Cos. Tell Justices Chevron Deference 'Deeply Flawed'

    Fishing company Seafreeze Fleet LLC and its subsidiaries have called on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decades-old doctrine instructing lower courts to defer to federal agencies' interpretations of ambiguous laws, arguing the doctrine is "deeply flawed" by two "significant constitutional shortcomings."

  5. November 09, 2023

    Paul Clement's Big Idea: Overrule Chevron, Ease Polarization

    America's entrenched political polarization has been blamed on gerrymandering, cable news, social media, demographics and other intractable issues. But one of the U.S. Supreme Court bar's most accomplished advocates sees a solution hiding in plain sight: a ruling in his favor in perhaps the biggest showdown of the high court's term.

  6. October 27, 2023

    Are Justices Split 3-3-3? New Term Is Already Offering Clues

    The U.S. Supreme Court's dawning term is quickly shedding light on fissures in a six-justice supermajority, providing new evidence of areas where the conservative camp isn't predictably rock-solid despite its rapid reshaping of the nation's legal landscape.

  7. October 13, 2023

    Justices Pick Up Second Chevron Deference Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday added another case to its docket that challenges a decades-old doctrine instructing lower courts to defer to federal agencies' interpretations of ambiguous laws, a case the court said it will hear in tandem with an almost identical appeal brought by Rhode Island herring fishers.

  8. September 29, 2023

    'Administrative State' Attacks Soar To High Court Crescendo

    After methodically amassing U.S. Supreme Court victories against agency enforcers and regulators, a legal crusade against "administrative state" powers is poised to parlay piecemeal wins into a climactic conquest during the high court's new term, which is already teeming with anti-agency cases.

  9. September 18, 2023

    Death Of Chevron Deference Would 'Shock' System, Feds Say

    The federal government on Friday fought to save a decades-old U.S. Supreme Court doctrine that instructs lower courts to defer to federal agencies' interpretations of ambiguous laws, telling the justices it would be a "convulsive shock to the legal system" if the high court were to strike it down.

  10. June 20, 2023

    Fishing Co. Takes Industry-Paid Monitors Fight To High Court

    A Rhode Island herring fishing company has joined the push to erode judges' deference to federal agency expertise by asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule federal regulators overstepped their authority by requiring industry-paid monitors on fishing vessels.