Central ND News

The Supreme Court of the United States has issued an opinion in the cases of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce, overturning the Chevron doctrine, a significant principle in administrative law. The doctrine has been instrumental in determining the extent to which federal courts defer to executive agencies' interpretation of statutes as opposed to Congressional intent.

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) responded to the Supreme Court's decision with a statement: "The Chevron doctrine has plagued Americans for four decades by granting unelected bureaucrats excessive power to determine, and in many cases invent Congressional intent. The courts have been deferring to bureaucrats’ misapplication of the law, rather than enforcing Congressional intent. This entire scheme grants outsized control to the so-called experts who are unaccountable to voters and have a vested interest in growing federal control. The Great Winston Churchill said it best: ‘expert knowledge is limited knowledge.’ I am grateful but not surprised the Court overturned this misguided doctrine to restore balance and protect the separation of powers. We are slowly restoring rights to the states and the people by diminishing the power of the government.”