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Dear John,
What’s up for grabs in a pair of cases before the Supreme Court this week? Would you believe, the Biden administration’s entire climate agenda, the government’s ability to approve drugs, and even the safety of the food, air, and water we take into our bodies?
And big corporations are salivating for a ruling that goes their way.
How could two cases have such a far-reaching impact? Check out this week’s video to get the full story, and then pass it along to a friend!
These cases challenge what is known as the “Chevron doctrine,” established in the 1984 case Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. For the last 40 years, this precedent has held that whenever any regulation in a law is unclear, it should be the federal agencies, not the courts, that interpret and implement it.
This makes sense, as the agencies are staffed by scientists, researchers, and engineers -- the folks with the actual expertise.
But if the courts are the sole interpreters of regulations, any single activist judge, carefully selected by special interest groups, could invalidate the regulations of any federal agency. Food and Drug Administration? Environmental Protection Agency? Occupational Safety and Health? All subject to the whims of any one judge.
No wonder for years the Big Banks, Big Oil, and Big Pharma have been trying to get this doctrine overturned -- and now they’re betting they have the Supreme Court votes to do it.
Watch and share this video today, to raise awareness of the corporations’ big power grab, as they seek to shop for judges to strip agencies of their power to protect the public.
Thank you for raising awareness of this threat to regulations that protect the health and safety of us all.
Robert Reich
Inequality Media Civic Action
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