STAT August 6, 2024
The U.S. Congress needs help. It lacks the expertise to do its job in the post-Chevron world.
At the end of its most recent term, the Supreme Court cast aside in a 6-3 decision the Chevron deference, which for 40 years required judges to defer to reasonable interpretations by federal agencies of the laws they are charged with administering. To legislate effectively without the Chevron deference, Congress will have to enact laws that leave far less room for interpretation.
It will need help doing so, especially when it comes to highly technical and complex issues, like those the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Environmental Protection Agency, and others deal with every day.
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