The Chevron Deference Is Dead. Will The Administrative State Follow?

[Note: This story is also published at Forbes]

The national media focus Friday centered on the fallout from President Joe Biden’s stunning performance in his presidential debate with former President Donald Trump. That was as it should be given the immediate, near-term impacts that event could have on the country and its public policy direction.

But another major event that could have massive impacts on the direction of federal public policy over the longer term came less than 12 hours after the conclusion of that debate. Around mid-morning on Friday the US Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 decision in the case styled Loper Bright v. Raimondo. In doing so, the Court rescinded the longstanding Chevron deference judicial doctrine.