Click the link to read the artilcle on the Esquire website (Charles P. Pierce). Here’s an excerpt:
Some time this week—I think—the Supreme Court is going to rule on more than one case that might change radically the structure of American government. The one with all the bells and whistles is the case on absolute presidential immunity. But it’s the others that may have the most sweeping impact. Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce threaten what has become known as the “Chevron deference,” whereby the federal courts must defer to the federal agencies in their interpretation of ambiguities in their statutory obligations. Toss the Chevron deference and every time the EPA wants to close a facility leaching poisons into the drinking water, a federal court will decide the issue. That would be just as bad as it sounds. Corporate interests have been itching to get rid of the Chevron deference for as long as it has existed. The chief argument mustered against it is that it allows Congress to unconstitutionally delegate its powers to federal administrative agencies or to private entities.