But neither of them can hold a candle to this term’s number of influential cases that still need to be decided, which include questions over abortion care access, gun regulations, the administrative state, bankruptcy, social media, and more.
Here, Law360 looks at 10 of the most important topics the Supreme Court must still weigh in on.
Judicial Deference
Two New England fishing companies — Loper Bright Enterprises and Relentless Inc. — have asked the Supreme Court to overturn its 1984 decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council that created the controversial analytic tool commonly referred to as the Chevron doctrine, which instructs courts on when to defer to federal agency interpretations of ambiguous laws.
The companies contend the doctrine wrongly protects federal agencies from judicial review and encourages aggressive rulemaking, while the federal government defends it as a “bedrock principle” of administrative law that leaves courts with plenty of power to reject substandard agency interpretations.
