SCOTUS just overturned Chevron deference, GUTTING three-letter agencies

I can certainly see RKFjr's point here, the problem was corporate influence, which the Chevron defense wasn't supposed to serve, yet it was how it was being used.


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Robert F. Kennedy Jr

@RobertKennedyJr
The Chevron decision cuts both ways.
The original ruling allowed agencies to function effectively, which they cannot if every interpretative gray area in the law requires a court decision.

If the agency is working in the public interest, we definitely want it to exercise broad interpretive leeway. For instance, almost every important environmental decision in federal court over the past 40 years is based upon Chevron. Without it, the EPA (not an entirely captured agency) is virtually powerless.

But when corporate interests have captured a federal agency, then the same interpretive leeway gives the agency even more power to serve their corporate masters at the expense of the public interest. Thus we have the FDA sending armed police to shut down Amish farmers and grocery stores for selling raw milk, while they allow into our food supply hundreds of harmful but profitable chemical additives that are banned in other countries.

The Chevron controversy is therefore a false dilemma with no solution. The real issue is corporate capture. If federal agencies served the public interest, then no one would want to hamstring them.

a reply to: pianopraze

Unfortunately it won't make a difference. This ruling is for show only in an attempt to make it appear as if "we are winning" when in reality the 3 letter agencies ( all 17 of them ) will continue to operate in the shadows, unchecked as they always have.

Keep in mind they've had nearly 70 years to perfect their craft which is keeping secrets. They are more than experts at it and can never be toppled. It's impossible. Secrets are the real power in the world and those who control them control the power.