Courts Decide Law: Ending Automatic Deference to Government Agency Interpretations.
This Act changes how courts review rules and regulations set by federal agencies. Instead of automatically deferring to agency interpretations, courts must now independently (de novo) decide the meaning of the law, including constitutional and statutory provisions. This means citizens and businesses will have a greater ability to challenge agency decisions that were previously difficult to overturn in court, potentially increasing legal predictability.
Key points
Federal courts must independently interpret the law (de novo) instead of relying on interpretations provided by government agencies.
If a statute is ambiguous, the court cannot treat this ambiguity as an implicit delegation of rule-making authority to the agency.
The change aims to limit the power of federal agencies in creating and interpreting regulations, potentially affecting rules concerning health, environment, or finance.
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