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23 July 2024
Science and the Future of the Courts
The recent United States Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo has profound implications for the Earth and space sciences. The 6-3 decision overturned the 1984 case of Chevron USA v. Natural Resources Defense Council, effectively ending a 40-year-old precedent of deferring to the expertise of U.S. federal agencies when interpreting ambiguous language in congressional legislation. The so-called “Chevron deference” allowed agency scientists to use their knowledge of scientific discoveries …
