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If the Court narrows Chevron, agencies and regulated sectors could face years of litigation and uneven rules
Summary
Justices probing whether courts or agencies should fill statutory gaps centered on questions of uniformity, reliance and practical governance; attorneys warned a change could increase litigation and create jurisdictional differences while proponents said Chevron preserves national consistency.
During arguments in Relentless v. Department of Commerce, justices repeatedly asked both sides to address real‑world consequences of changing how courts review agency interpretations.
The Solicitor General argued Chevron provides national uniformity and predictable reliance that agencies and regulated parties depend on. "Thousands of judicial decisions sustaining an agency's rulemaking or adjudication as reasonable would be open to challenge," General Preeliger told the Court,…
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