The Supreme Court overturning the Chevron Doctrine means government agencies will be less able to do their job, a long-standing goal of the far right. Make no mistake, they want to dismantle the government, not reform it.
The Chevron Doctrine said when laws passed by Congress are ambiguous or unclear, that federal agency guidance can be used by courts. Because federal agencies have actual knowledgeable experts on the various topics. But that’s gone now. Courts can now ignore any such guidance and simply rule based on their own interpretation. I’m sure that won’t be abused by far-right judges with agendas who will now cite magapatriot1488 on Twitter as justification to disembowel civil rights rather than decades of established practices.
The IRS is currently dealing with enforcing complicated probable tax fraud using really arcane and complicated partnership rules. Any directives they release on this can now be ignored because a judge doesn’t like the IRS. Multiple this across all agencies. It will be chaos. Which is what the far-right wants. A non-functioning government.
Sure, Congress can make laws clearer. However, some things are beyond their expertise because they don’t have the time or knowledge to completely understand the issue. That’s what federal agencies are for.
WaPo
Federal rules that impact virtually every aspect of everyday life, from the food we eat and the cars we drive to the air we breathe, could be at risk after a wide-ranging Supreme Court ruling Friday.
HuffPo
Under the Chevron doctrine, which dates back to a 1984 Supreme Court ruling involving the Chevron oil company, agencies had wide leeway to interpret lawmakers’ instructions and proceed accordingly. Those interpretations could be challenged in court, but under Chevron, judges would defer to agencies as long as they thought the agencies were being “reasonable.”
Chevron has been the foundation for all kinds of rules that affect everyday life. Emission limits on vehicles, safety standards for food and drugs, guidelines for broadband access ? in all of these instances and many, many others, the agencies writing the rules used the authority they got from Chevron.
Now that authority is gone
Scotus Blog
In a major ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday cut back sharply on the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they administer and ruled that courts should rely on their own interpretion of ambiguous laws. The decision will likely have far-reaching effects across the country, from environmental regulation to healthcare costs.