Peeling back the doctrine known as Chevron deference has been a conservative cause for decades, one aimed at restricting agencies’ freedom to decide how to interpret Congress’ often-ambiguous statutes. | Mariam Zuhaib/APThe Supreme Court’s decision to torch a once-obscure Reagan-era legal doctrine will remake one of the most fundamental aspects of power in Washington — and hobble presidents pursuing aggressive policies on anything from abortion to student debt relief.
The Education Department argues that the president has the authority to enact this relief under the Higher Education Act’s compromise and settlement authority.the department can “enforce, pay, compromise, waive, or release any right, title, claim, lien, or demand” as it relates to student loan debt.
Carbon dioxide doesn’t fall under the list of traditional pollutants that lawmakers laid out when they were writing the Clean Air Act in 1970 or updating it two decades later, such as radiation, ozone, dust and soot. And even before Friday’s ruling, the conservative justices have put obstacles in the way of EPA’s climate efforts.that sought to force utilities to shut down their coal-fired power plants and switch to renewables and natural gas.
AAAS, the world’s largest professional society for scientists, has tapped its brain trust to educate more than 500 judges on health and science issues over the past two decades. Amid’s demise, the group plans to ramp up its sessions with training by neuroscientists, sociologists and water experts, among others.
Attorneys general want the Education Department barred from implementing the rule and interpreting Title IX to include discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. So far, two challenges have been successful in blocking the rule from taking effect in 10 states.
Democrats have championed so-called net neutrality as a tool for protecting consumers from aggressive industry tactics as the center of everyday life has moved online,