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DOJ Warns Chevron Repeal Would Send ‘Convulsive Shock’ To Legal System


September 21, 2023 at 05:06 PM
The Justice Department is urging the Supreme Court to preserve the Chevron doctrine, which grants OSHA and other agencies discretion to reasonably interpret ambiguous statutory language, warning that such a rollback would send a “convulsive shock” to the legal system and create “cascading uncertainty” for agency decisions.

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