By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram
WASHINGTON — One of the key rulings from this year’s U.S. Supreme Court term could shed light on how the court may act on requests to stay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s power plant rules, according to U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.
Capito, during her weekly media briefing Thursday, said the high court’s ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which resulted in the overturning of a 40-year-old legal doctrine known as “Chevron deference,” could be telling.
“Chevron deference,” established following Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. in 1984, said courts should defer to the judgment of federal agencies when interpreting laws.
In its ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimond, the court said judges can make their own interpretations and don’t have to consider an agency’s interpretations.