Saturday, June 29, 2024

 End of Term for SCOTUS

This term the U.S. Supreme Court has decided several landmark cases. The most important one so far overturned what is known as the doctrine of Chevron deference. The courts now, not regulatory agencies, will have the final word interpreting federal laws. NPR's Nina Totenberg explains here the history of the question and what a revolution this decision is. Totenberg also presents another decision about one of the laws applied to some January 6, 2021 insurrectionists. 7 min., transcript available

More about the criminal law case (January 6th) can be found here. 3 min., transcript available.

More about the case overruling the Chevron doctrine can be found here. 4 min. 43 sec. transcript available.

Coming on Monday, the decisions about presidential immunity and social media.