Re:Supreme Court guts agency power in seismic Chevron ruling
by dantheman on Friday June 28, 2024 @04:27PM
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The agencies can draft any ruels they'd like and put them before congress. Perhaps we can have less rules...
Re:Supreme Court guts agency power in seismic Chevron ruling
by pclmulqdq on Friday June 28, 2024 @09:02PM
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This does not neuter federal agencies. They can still make rules, and they still have deference on fact questions. The only difference is that on questions of law, they no longer have deference.
In both reality and your supposed system, someone could always go to appointed officials and get their patent enforced - just look at how the Eastern District of Texas operated for decades. In reality, we see far more frequent turnover and shifting of opinion in federal agencies than we do in the judiciary. Just look at how often Net Neutrality has flopped back and forth at the FCC. (Constant reversal of regulatory decisions is also an issue, but it goes to show that the idea that a patent system that exists outside of judiciary control wouldn't have plenty of opportunity to make your case to sympathetic ears is silly)