FILE Ñ The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, May 9, 2024. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court on June 28 reduced the authority of executive agencies, sweeping aside a longstanding legal precedent that required courts to defer to the expertise of federal administrators in carrying out laws passed by Congress. The precedent, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, is one of the most cited in American law.
Fast-forward four decades, and this landmark ruling has shaped thousands of legal decisions and has been cited by federal courts more than 18,000 times.Rep. Celeste Maloy called the ruling a win for the American people. She said it was “one that gives a real blueprint to the process and cuts the red tape that adds costs and time to every project.”
“This ruling not only threatens decades of progress towards a clean and healthy environment, it also puts pollution, food safety, airline safety, healthcare, worker protection — essentially thousands of safeguards in our day-to-day lives — at risk,” said Sarah Puzzo, regulatory associate at Utah Clean Energy.
Lexi Tuddenham, executive director of Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah, told The Tribune that the ruling is “potentially very destructive.”