CHEVRON DEFERENCE Definition & Meaning

Chevron deference

[ shev-ron def-er-uhns ]

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noun

Law.

in the United States, the act or practice of accepting a government agency’s interpretation of any ambiguous parts of the legislation governing its mandate and actions, as long as the agency’s interpretation is reasonable.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Chevron deference¹

First recorded in 1985–90; named after the 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

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In the second ruling, issued in July, the court abandoned the 40-year-old “Chevron deference” precedent, under which federal courts tended to defer to agency interpretations of statutes that were found to be legally ambiguous, if the interpretations were “reasonable.”

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It states that regulations that courts approved through Chevron deference are grandfathered — so overturning them will still require the full APA treatment.

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The ruling, handed down on Thursday from three Republican judicial appointees, cited the Supreme Court’s recent overturning of the long-held precedent of "Chevron deference," which asked lower courts to defer to federal agencies' interpretation of the law.

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Federal agencies suffered a blow to their authority in July when the conservative majority of the Supreme Court — which Trump cemented with his appointees — overturned the “Chevron deference.”

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Justices asked the lower court to reconsider it “in light of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo,” the decision overturning Chevron deference.

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