06 Jul 2024
Ocean activists condemn US Supreme Court’s ‘Chevron Decision’
Ocean advocacy groups have criticised the US Supreme Court for overturning the “Chevron doctrine,” under which federal courts would defer to an agency’s interpretation of ambiguous legal terms when Congress has given that agency authority to implement the law. The Supreme Court in a 6-3 vote killed a legal precedent known as the “Chevron deference”. The deference, […]