After many months of anticipation since its initial consideration in January, the Supreme Court finally released a decision in June 2024 for Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. ___ (2024). This case has been watched closely by both legal scholars and average citizens for its deep effects on the regulation of businesses, healthcare, taxes, and many other facets of everyday life. Upon its release, the decision struck down a long-standing precedent set by Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. NRDC, 467 U.S. 837 (1984), which has been used as the basis for administrative law arguments for forty years. Immediately following the decision, dozens of popular news sources covered the implications of this case, including how it resulted in a shift of power from federal agencies to courts and why these courts may not be equipped to decide the technical issues that they will now face going forward. These popular sources focused their discussions on deference and who was newly responsible for determining matters of ambiguity, yet few considered Loper Bright’s broader implications in the legal and political world. While the new precedent set by this case certainly raises questions concerning how well-equipped these courts are to handle the issues they will now face, the changes resulting from Loper Bright will be far more complex than a mere change in deference, and its changes will be felt across the legal world. The overturning of the Chevron deference by Loper Bright not only changes the legal powers of courts and agencies in interpreting statutes of ambiguous nature, but it will also significantly slow down the rulemaking process, introduce further politicization, and present a severe barrier for future bills to be passed.

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