CHEVRON BECOMES LATEST VICTIM OF RIGHT-WING COURT’S POWER GRAB

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 28, 2024) – Today, the Supreme Court released its opinion in the consolidated cases Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce. In a sweeping and disastrous ruling, the right-wing supermajority overturned the Chevron doctrine, which requires courts to defer to expert federal agencies when their regulations are challenged. This is the latest swipe the court’s right-wing extremists have taken at the federal government’s ability to function properly.

“The Supreme Court is engaging in a relentless power grab. With this decision, the court’s six unelected extremists reached the height of hubris: assuming they, so-called justices whose job is to interpret the law, are more knowledgeable about the work of the expert agencies that keep this country running than the career professionals who staff them,” said Sarah Lipton-Lubet, president of Take Back the Court. “This broken court just brought our government’s functionality to a grinding halt — to all of our detriment. It’s another disgusting abuse of power by six unaccountable political operatives whose only goal is to impose inescapable minority rule on the rest of us — and it isn’t going to stop until we reform and rebalance the court.”

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