Supreme Court Weighs Overturning Precedent Giving Agencies Flexibility, Sparking Broader Debate
• Supreme Court considering overturning 1984 Chevron ruling that gives federal agencies flexibility in interpreting laws • Ruling seen as bolstering power of "administrative state" by conservatives; progressives want to keep it • Case involves challenge to regulation requiring fishing vessels to fund data collection for conservation • Part of broader conservative legal movement to limit federal agency authority • Trump picked justices hostile to federal bureaucracies as part of deregulatory effort