The justices accepted a second case testing so-called Chevron deference, a doctrine that gives federal agencies broad power to interpret their own authority.
The Supreme Court signaled that both of the cases on its docket challenging the doctrine known as Chevron deference will be argued in January. | Mariam Zuhaib/APThe Supreme Court indicated Friday that it plans to grapple in January with a critical question about the power of federal government agencies to interpret their own legal authority.deference, that gives federal agencies substantial latitude to decide what power Congress gave them.
Both cases involve challenges to the power of federal fisheries regulators to require fishing boat operators to pay for monitors to conduct on-board checks for compliance with federally imposed limits. The Department of Commerce interpreted federal law to give its regulators the power to enact such a requirement, and the agency says that, under, courts should not second-guess that interpretation. Fishing companies argue that the agency has overstepped its authority.
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