Regulation

Chair Khan Says FTC Monitoring Post-Chevron Legal Climate

Congress likely needs to be 'very explicit in its delegation to agencies,' Khan said.

Ted Hearn

Sep 21, 2024 — 2 min read

Screenshot of FTC Chair Lina Khan and Council on Foreign Relations President Michael Froman

WASHINGTON, September 21, 2024 – Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said her agency is responding to the new regulatory landscape created by recent Supreme Court rulings designed to check the power of administrative agencies.

"For federal agencies across the board, we're having to monitor that very closely," Khan said late Friday afternoon here at the Council on Foreign Relations. "Overall we are seeing more skepticism around just assuming that agencies can do certain things and a greater desire to see Congress be very explicit in its delegation to agencies."

In June, the Supreme Court ruled in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo that federal courts may not defer to agency interpretation of ambiguous laws passed by Congress, overturning the Chevron Doctrine established in 1984.

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