‘Egregious’ offense is Biden admin directing family-planning funds to abortion clinics
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By Katelynn Richardson
Daily Caller News Foundation
Religious groups are backing a push for the Supreme Court to reverse precedent that gives deference to agency interpretations of laws, arguing that the nearly four-decades old ruling has been the impetus for several church-state conflicts.
The Supreme Court will hear a case next term, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, that challenges “Chevron deference,” a legal doctrine rooted in a 1984 precedent that instructs courts to defer to administrative agency interpretations of laws when the language is ambiguous. While the Loper Bright case stems from family-owned fishing companies’ fight against an agency requiring them to pay the salaries of state-mandated observers onboard their ships, forcing them to shell out what amounts to 20% of their revenue, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Blake told the Daily Caller News Foundation that more than economic prosperity at stake.
“In addition to threatening economic prosperity, administrative agencies threaten the issues that matter the most to regular Americans: the right to life, the biological difference between men and women, the right to religious freedom, the right to free speech and parental rights,” Blake told the DCNF. “Restraining the administrative state in this case helps protect the freedoms of all Americans by respecting the separation of powers.”