How the #SupremeCourt could undermine the #climate fight
The issue at heart of case has to do with something called “deference,” was set in 1984 in #Chevron v. #NRDC. In that ruling, #SCOTUS made a decision that was largely uncontroversial at the time: In the event that a federal law is unclear or silent on a given issue, courts should defer to the government’s interpretation of that statute if it is reasonable. The allows judges to defer to the expertise of exec branch
https://grist.org/politics/how-the-supreme-court-could-undermine-the-climate-fight/
It's a double edged sword, though: deference to an administration that's not interested in the climate fight also undermines the fight.
Really this should be about making Congress fix broken laws.
You say experts, but that overlooks that these are political agencies, so it is really letting politicians in the executive branch interpret the laws outside of the democratic process in the legislative branch.
That's a very important thing to keep in mind when talking about this deference, and it's a huge reason to be skeptical of it.
