Individuals and businesses regulated by independent federal agencies may find immediate changes in agency leadership following a May 22, 2025, ruling by the United States Supreme Court....more
The distinctions and relationships between the three branches of government—legislative, judicial, and administrative—are not static, but ever-changing, both at the federal and state levels. The separation of powers required...more
While legal analysts focus on landmark Supreme Court decisions each term, equally significant are the cases the Court declines to hear. These certiorari denials often reveal critical jurisprudential trends that shape...more
Chevron deference has ended, and with it the significant judicial deference to federal agency interpretations of silences or ambiguities in Congressional statutes....more
The final week of June was a big one for those who have been following what seems to be a constriction of federal agency power under Chief Justice Roberts. A decision in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy came on...more
In its 6-3 opinion on June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States ended forty years of the federal courts’ near-complete deference to federal administrative agencies in questions of statutory interpretation....more