Environmentalists Fear Major Policy Uncertainty If High Court Ends Chevron

Environmentalists are warning that if the Supreme Court ends the long-standing Chevron doctrine, as is widely expected after Jan. 17 arguments, it will result in significant policy uncertainty as courts conduct heightened scrutiny of EPA and other agency rules while Congress is unable to provide detailed legislation that such an approach requires. If the high court rules “on the sweeping grounds advanced by petitioners, lower court judges will be further emboldened to impose their own personal policy preferences or...