A 6-3 Supreme Court decision released Friday overruled a 1984 decision that gave
government agencies broad power to interpret, change and expand laws they consider to be ambiguous. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Friday’s decision overrules Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, which decided that courts must defer to the interpretative decrees of government agencies. The so-called “Chevron Doctrine” had allowed agencies to bypass Congress and, essentially, make laws restricting and compelling Americans’ actions.