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ATF Post Chevron

The Administrative Procedure Act hasn’t gone anywhere… [Watch]

So… curb your enthusiasm…?

[Via Jess]

What It Means to Me

What SCOTUS’ Chevron Deference Decision Means For Gun Owners, ATF [More]

It means my dream that so many told me not to hold my breath for is a major step closer to coming true. Unless ATF decides to refuse and make us sue them some more…

Without Deference

Held: The Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority, and courts may not defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous; Chevron is overruled. [More]

Took ’em long enough…

[Via Antigone]

High Definition

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson spells out the legal chaos that will arise when the right-wing Roberts Court overturns the 1984 Chevron doctrine, which for 40 years has allowed federal agencies to make reasonable interpretations of undefined terms in federal statutes. [More]

Says the apparatchik who can’t define “woman”…

One Man’s ‘Peril’…

Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed inclined on Wednesday to overturn or limit a key precedent that has empowered executive agencies and frustrated business groups hostile to government regulation. Judging from questions in two hard-fought arguments that lasted a total of more than three and a half hours, the fate of a foundational doctrine of administrative law called Chevron deference appeared to be in peril. [More]

This fish story is the one to watch…

Any bets on how soon I get my bump stock back…?

Fingers Crossed…

Justices grant four new cases, including Chevron companion case [More]

So I might get my bump stock back?

[Via Jess]

Don’t Celebrate Yet

House strikes blow against federal regulations, votes to overturn controversial Supreme Court ruling – The Supreme Court might strike down the precedent itself later this year [More]

That’s what it will take because you know the Senate is never going to stand for this.

Be nice when they do so I can get my damn bump stock back.

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