"Supreme Court to Decide Agency Power Showdown in January"
The Supreme Court has scheduled arguments for January in two cases challenging the Chevron deference doctrine, which grants federal agencies significant leeway in interpreting their own legal authority. The addition of the second case, Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce, appears to allow Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court's newest member, to weigh in on the issue. Both cases involve challenges to federal fisheries regulators' power to require fishing boat operators to pay for compliance monitors. The outcome of these cases could limit the power of federal agencies in various areas, but previous attempts to overturn Chevron deference have been unsuccessful.