Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron Doctrine, a legal doctrine that allowed bureaucratic regulators to interpret and implement rules and regulations relating to statutes passed by Congress. Under Chevron, where the intention of a statute was made clear by Congress, courts were to reject any further interpretation; where a statute was silent or ambiguous, agencies were given the authority to "advance permissible construction of a statute" and the courts generally deferred … [Read more...]