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Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by themaninthedark on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @02:20PM (#42453853)
Well, if you look at the case that was in front of the court when they overturned Chevron: The National Marine Fishery Service decided that since the Magnuson–Stevens Act allows for them to place monitors on fishing vessels in order to prevent the over-fishing of certain species but since their budget was lower and they couldn't actually afford to pay the monitors they decided that each ship would have to pay for them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loper_Bright_Enterprises_v._Ra...

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Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by zerocrates on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @10:49PM (#42458260)
The thing about Chevron deference is, it was already limited on its face: it only operated at all in places where the statute is silent or ambiguous, and only commanded deference to "reasonable" interpretations.

If the interpretation in Loper Bright was not "reasonable," the Supreme Court already had the tools it needed to reverse the agency without breaking any precedent. If on the other hand it was reasonable, why should the courts be getting involved?

Removing Chevron simply allows the courts to select their preferred policy outcomes more directly.

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