Religious groups are backing a push for the Supreme Court to reverse precedent that gives deference to agency interpretations of laws, arguing that the nearly four-decades old ruling has been the impetus for several church-state conflicts. The Supreme Court will hear a case next term, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, that challenges “Chevron deference,” a legal doctrine rooted in a 1984 precedent that instructs courts to defer to administrative agency interpretations of laws when the language is ambiguous. While the Loper Bright case stems from family-owned fishing companies’ fight against an agency requiring them to pay the salaries of state-mandated observers onboard their ships, forcing them to shell out what amounts to 20% of their revenue, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Blake told the Daily Caller News Foundation that more than economic prosperity at stake.
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