Gorsuch Downplays Opposition To Agency Deference At Senate Hearing

摘要

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch at his Senate confirmation hearing downplayed his appellate ruling that objected to a landmark legal test mandating judicial deference to EPA and other agencies, saying that he criticized the test because it could allow an agency to circumvent a court decision by changing its interpretation of a law. Along with the deference issue, witnesses who testified on Gorsuch's record and qualifications during the last day of the March 20-23 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing brought up the potential that he could craft rulings limiting environmentalists' standing to sue the government or industry. But a representative from the National Federation of Independent Businesses praised Gorsuch and the potential for reducing the agency deference test.