Supreme Court 'Dealt The American People A Blow' By Killing Chevron Doctrine: Democracy Forward CEO

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On "Forbes Newsroom," Democracy Forward CEO Skye Perryman responded to the Supreme Court ending the Chevron Doctrine.

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00:00Now, obviously, Democracy Forward looks at a number of issues and not just abortion.

00:05So I want to make sure we spend a few minutes on the Supreme Court decisions that were released

00:09this morning.

00:10There were a number of them.

00:11What stands out to you?

00:13Is there one or two that everyone should know the top line takeaways for?

00:17Absolutely.

00:18I would want your viewers to know about the two cases that were decided this morning called

00:24Loper-Bright and Relentless.

00:27They deal with what some people may think is a very wonky issue, but it's a really fundamental

00:32issue for all of us as Americans, because they deal with the way that our government

00:36operates to protect and serve the people in this country.

00:40This morning, the court overturned 40 years worth of precedent in these cases and made

00:46it harder for our federal system to deliver for people.

00:50It essentially overturned a legal principle that stands for the proposition that when

00:56Congress passes a law and federal agencies are entrusted to implement that law, whether

01:02that is worker protections, anti-discrimination protections, food and drug safety laws, the

01:08FDA, like Miffin-Pristone or other things, that those agencies are accorded some deference

01:14when people seek to challenge their actions in court.

01:20Of course, we know agencies can't act unlawfully and there are a number of challenges that

01:25might be appropriate, but for 40 years in this country, courts have generally deferred

01:30to the subject matter experts and to the agencies on certain questions.

01:34Today, the court dealt the American people a blow by overturning that precedent.

01:39That essentially means that you will see more litigation, likely more litigation like the

01:43one we've seen on Miffin-Pristone, where special interests file in their handpicked court and

01:49seek to undermine the FDA or undermine other federal agencies' abilities and expertise

01:55and abilities to deliver for people.

01:57We're watching that one really closely.

02:00Of interest to your Forbes viewers, we represented more than 200 organizations that represented

02:04more than 250,000 small businesses who were very concerned that if the court did what

02:12it did this morning, that this would really unsettle their ability to grow and thrive

02:17and compete because of the chaos that this decision could sow.

02:22That's one to definitely know about.

Supreme Court 'Dealt The American People A Blow' By Killing Chevron Doctrine: Democracy Forward CEO

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