Congress Should Supplant Chevron Doctrine, Reaffirm Courts' Traditional Role: Scholars

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Congressional action is needed to curtail the judicial practice of deferring to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes, legal scholars told House Judiciary subcommittee members March 15. These comments came during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and An- titrust Law hearing on the continuing viability of the Chevron doctrine, which critics charge has shifted traditional roles delegated to the judicial and legislative branches to the administrative state. "Chevron is a deeply problematic subject," Jonathan Turley, George Washington University Law School professor, told the subcommittee. The administrative state has become the dominant source of lawmaking in the country, which "has created an imbalance in our system."