Justices pass on opportunity to further limit the power of federal agencies

Justices pass on opportunity to further limit the power of federal agencies

Last year the Supreme Court took a significant step to limit the power of administrative agencies with its decision overturning the Chevron doctrine, which for 40 years had instructed courts to show certain deference to an agency’s interpretation of the laws that it administered. On Friday, the justices declined to take another step to curtail those agencies’ power. By a vote of 6-3, the court turned back a challenge to a federal program that su…