Loper Bright and the Next Steps for Chevron Deference at the Supreme Court

This Term, the Supreme Court will hear Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo—a case concerning judicial deference to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes. Pursuant to Chevron v. NRDC and follow-on cases, courts defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes. Loper Bright offers the Court an opportunity to abandon Chevron deference entirely. But the phrasing of the Question presented in Loper Bright also presents an off-ramp for the Court, allowing it to keep Chevron’s framework intact. How the Court resolves Loper Bright will have massive implications for administrative law. On this panel, three distinguished administrative law scholars discuss the task before the Court in Loper Bright and the future of Chevron deference.

Featuring:

• Prof. Nicholas Bagley, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
• Prof. Christopher J. Walker, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
• Prof. Ilan Wurman, Associate Professor, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
• (Moderator) Eli Nachmany, Former Law Clerk to Hon. Steven J. Menashi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit