High Court Leans Toward Ending Chevron Deference In Fishing Cases

At least four conservative justices on the Supreme Court appear open -- if not eager -- to overturn the 40-year-old principle of Chevron deference, though their success hinges on whether they can convince at least one more of their colleagues to join them in striking down the doctrine that requires courts to defer to OSHA and other agencies’ reasonable interpretations of vague statutory text.